Feral cat (Felis catus) - Scotia, NSW

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dc.contributor.authorRoshier, David A.
dc.contributor.authorCarter, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-20T01:04:40Z
dc.date.available2021-12-20T01:04:40Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-20
dc.description.abstractIntroduced mammalian predators are drivers of species decline and extinction globally. The successful management and control of introduced mammalian predators is dependent on some knowledge of space use and movements in order to target a population and monitor outcomes. In Australia, these tasks are made complex as there is more than one significant introduced mammalian predator, namely the European red fox Vulpes vulpes and feral cat Felis catus, the landscapes are vast, and individual-level interactions between predators are little studied. The impact of these two introduced predators is large and a significant factor in the extinction of many of the country’s small- to medium-sized mammals, either regionally or globally. In a three-year study, we used high-frequency location data, the deployment of the latest GPS tracking technologies, and recent advances in statistical modeling to examine how these two species distributed themselves in space, the degree to which individual distributions overlapped, intra- and interspecific interactions, and temporal patterns of activity in an arid landscape. In the absence of an apex predator, the two introduced mesopredators showed large differences in how they distribute themselves across the landscape and interact with conspecifics. The red fox mostly occupies defined territories, while most feral cats roam apparently independent of each other with occasional periods of frequent interaction with conspecifics of either sex. Intraspecific attraction was strongest in cats, while interspecific avoidance was observed in both directions. The home ranges of feral cats that were range-resident were 3–3.5 times larger than foxes in the same landscape. Notably, we observed long-distance movements in feral cats and some were displaced up to 164 km from their point of release. A greater portion of the feral cat population were non-sedentary and therefore likely less amenable to local control efforts than foxes. Given the different patterns of distribution in time and space, the reliable monitoring of population trends or estimates of abundance will necessarily differ in extent, intensity, or duration for the same level of precision and/or require a different method for monitoring each population.
dc.identifier.doidoi:10.5441/001/1.6m6h9s33/1
dc.identifier.urihttps://datarepository.movebank.org/handle/10255/move.1403
dc.relation.ispartofdoi:10.5441/001/1.6m6h9s33
dc.relation.isreferencedbydoi:10.1002/ecs2.3628
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectanimal movement
dc.subjectanimal tracking
dc.subjectdomestic cat
dc.subjectdynamic interactions
dc.subjectFelis catus
dc.subjectferal cat
dc.subjectmesopredators
dc.subjectwildlife management
dc.titleFeral cat (Felis catus) - Scotia, NSW
dc.typeDataset
dspace.entity.typeData package
dwc.ScientificNameFelis catus
mdr.citation.BibTex
@misc{001/1_6m6h9s33/1,
  title = {Feral cat (Felis catus) - Scotia, NSW},
  author = {Roshier, DA and Carter, A},
  year = {2021},
  URL = {http://dx.doi.org/10.5441/001/1.6m6h9s33/1},
  doi = {doi:10.5441/001/1.6m6h9s33/1},
  publisher = {Movebank data repository}
}
mdr.citation.CSE
Roshier DA, Carter A. 2021. Feral cat (Felis catus) - Scotia, NSW. Movebank Data Repository. https://doi.org/10.5441/001/1.6m6h9s33/1
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