Survival, fecundity, and movements of free-roaming cats Academic Article

abstract

• Free-roaming cats (e.g., owned, semi-feral, and feral) impact wildlife worldwide through predation, competition, and disease transmission. Baseline ecological information necessary for population management is lacking. We radiocollared free-roaming cats (feral, n = 30; semi-feral, n = 14; owned, n = 10) in Caldwell, Texas, USA between October 2004 and November 2005 and compared population demographics among sex and ownership classification. We found ranges and movements declined across ownership classes whereas survival and fecundity increased. Our findings suggest that human interactions (e.g., feeding) may result in high, localized free-roaming cat densities, which rnay concentrate feral cat impacts and should be considered when evaluating population control strategies.

authors

• Lopez, Roel

published proceedings

• JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT

author list (cited authors)

• Schmidt, P. M., Lopez, R. R., & Collier, B. A.

citation count

• 82

complete list of authors

• Schmidt, Paige M||Lopez, Roel R||Collier, Bret A

publication date

• May 2007

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT  Journal

keywords

• Annual Range
• Fecundity
• Felis Catus
• Feral Cats
• Movement
• Radiotagged
• Survival

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.2193/2006-066

start page

• 915

end page

• 919

volume

• 71

issue

• 3

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.2193/2006-066