Estimation of the dietary nutrient profile of free-roaming feral cats: possible implications for nutrition of domestic cats

EA Plantinga, G Bosch, WH Hendriks - British Journal of Nutrition, 2011 - cambridge.org
Cats are strict carnivores and in the wild rely on a diet solely based on animal tissues to
meet their specific and unique nutritional requirements. Although the feeding ecology of cats …

A conservation paradox for the 21st century: the European wild rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus, an invasive alien and an endangered native species

AC Lees, DJ Bell - Mammal Review, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT 1 This review highlights the status of the European wild rabbit Oryctolagus
cuniculus, which is threatened within its native range and yet is a highly successful colonizer …

The domestication of animals

MA Zeder - Journal of anthropological research, 2012 - journals.uchicago.edu
Over the past 11,000 years humans have brought a wide variety of animals under
domestication. Domestic animals belong to all Linnaean animal classes—mammals, birds …

Pathways to animal domestication

MA Zeder - Biodiversity in agriculture: domestication, evolution …, 2012 - books.google.com
Jack Harlan was a polymath. His life-long study of crop evolution combined plant sciences,
archaeology, systematics, genetics, and conservation, leaving a legacy of five decades of …

Urban bird declines and the fear of cats

AP Beckerman, M Boots, KJ Gaston - Animal Conservation, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
The role of domestic cats Felis catus in the troubling, on‐going decline of many urban bird
populations in the UK is controversial. Debate, in the UK and elsewhere, has centred on the …

Biogeographical patterns in the diet of the wildcat, Felis silvestris Schreber, in Eurasia: factors affecting the trophic diversity

J Lozano, M Moleón, E Virgós - Journal of Biogeography, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To analyse the biogeographical patterns in the feeding habits and trophic diversity of
prey of the wildcat, Felis silvestris Schreber. Location The Eurasian distribution range from …

Molecular analysis of hybridisation between wild and domestic cats (Felis silvestris) in Portugal: implications for conservation

R Oliveira, R Godinho, E Randi, N Ferrand… - Conservation …, 2008 - Springer
Abstract The endangered European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) is represented, today,
by fragmented and declining populations whose genetic integrity is considered to be …

Feeding habits of feral domestic cats (Felis catus), wild cats (Felis silvestris) and their hybrids: trophic niche overlap among cat groups in Hungary

ZS Biró, J Lanszki, L Szemethy, M Heltai… - Journal of …, 2005 - cambridge.org
The feeding habits of feral domestic cats Felis catus (n= 264), wild cats Felis silvestris (n=
22) and their hybrids (n= 30) were investigated in Hungary. Cat groups were identified …

Feeding resource partitioning among four sympatric carnivores in the Peneda‐Gerês National Park (Portugal)

JC Carvalho, P Gomes - Journal of zoology, 2004 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Iberian Peninsula comprises two distinct biogeographic areas: a temperate
Atlantic Eurosiberian (north) and a Mediterranean (centre and south), and they provide very …

Importance of scrub–pastureland mosaics for wild-living cats occurrence in a Mediterranean area: implications for the conservation of the wildcat (Felis silvestris)

J Lozano, E Virgós, AF Malo, DL Huertas… - Biodiversity & …, 2003 - Springer
Abstract The European wildcat (Felis silvestris) is a threatened species in Europe. Suitable
management of forests has been considered crucial for its conservation in Europe. However …