Review and synthesis of the global literature on domestic cat impacts on wildlife

SR Loss, B Boughton, SM Cady… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A vast global literature documents that free‐roaming domestic cats (Felis catus) have
substantial negative effects on wildlife, including through predation, fear, disease and …

[HTML][HTML] Our wild companions: Domestic cats in the Anthropocene

SL Crowley, M Cecchetti, RA McDonald - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2020 - cell.com
Cats share a long history with humans but are remarkable among domesticated species in
largely retaining behavioural and reproductive independence from people. In many …

How many birds are killed by cats in Australia?

JCZ Woinarski, BP Murphy, SM Legge, ST Garnett… - Biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
From analysis of results from 93 studies on the frequency of occurrence of birds in cat dietary
samples, and a recently published assessment of the population size of feral cats in largely …

Havens for threatened Australian mammals: the contributions of fenced areas and offshore islands to the protection of mammal species susceptible to introduced …

S Legge, JCZ Woinarski, AA Burbidge… - Wildlife …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Many Australian mammal species are highly susceptible to predation by introduced
domestic cats (Felis catus) and European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes). These predators have …

Counting the bodies: Estimating the numbers and spatial variation of Australian reptiles, birds and mammals killed by two invasive mesopredators

AM Stobo‐Wilson, BP Murphy, SM Legge… - Diversity and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Introduced predators negatively impact biodiversity globally, with insular fauna often
most severely affected. Here, we assess spatial variation in the number of terrestrial …

A global synthesis and assessment of free-ranging domestic cat diet

CA Lepczyk, JE Fantle-Lepczyk, KD Dunham… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Free-ranging cats (Felis catus) are globally distributed invasive carnivores that markedly
impact biodiversity. Here, to evaluate the potential threat of cats, we develop a …

How many reptiles are killed by cats in Australia?

JCZ Woinarski, BP Murphy, R Palmer… - Wildlife …, 2018 - CSIRO Publishing
Context Feral cats (Felis catus) are a threat to biodiversity globally, but their impacts upon
continental reptile faunas have been poorly resolved. Aims To estimate the number of …

We need to worry about Bella and Charlie: the impacts of pet cats on Australian wildlife

S Legge, JCZ Woinarski, CR Dickman… - Wildlife …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
Research and management attention on the impacts of the introduced domestic cat (Felis
catus) on Australian fauna have focussed mainly on the feral population. Here, we …

Habitat suitability and movement corridors of grey wolf (Canis lupus) in Northern Pakistan

M Kabir, S Hameed, H Ali, L Bosso, JU Din, R Bischof… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Habitat suitability models are useful to understand species distribution and to guide
management and conservation strategies. The grey wolf (Canis lupus) has been extirpated …

Interactions among threats affect conservation management outcomes: Livestock grazing removes the benefits of fire management for small mammals in Australian …

S Legge, JG Smith, A James, KD Tuft… - … Science and Practice, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation scientists and practitioners usually focus on understanding and managing
individual threats to biodiversity. However, threats may interact, making management …