Cats about town: is predation by free‐ranging pet cats Felis catus likely to affect urban bird populations?
By P. J. Baker, Susie E. Molony, E. Stone, Innes C. Cuthill, S. Harris. 2008
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Subfields: Ecology
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- Influence of landscape characteristics on carnivore diversity and abundance in Mediterranean farmland (2009, background): “Cats can reach high densities independently of prey abundance because humans feed them, and so their subsidised populations may represent a significant source of mortality for passerines and small mammals (Baker et al., 2003, 2008; Sims et al., 2008).”
- Habitat urbanization and its effects on birds (2015, background): “Likewise, non-native mesopredator species, e.g. the Domestic Cat Felis catus can also reach extremely high densities in cities, far above their natural carrying capacity (Lepczyk et al. 2003, Baker et al. 2008, Sims et al. 2008).”
- How many birds are killed by cats in Australia (2017, background): “…degrees of uncertainty, high predation rates by cats to ongoing reduction in the abundance of at least some bird species, even in mainland settings (Baker et al., 2005, 2008; Balogh et al., 2011; Churcher and Lawton, 1987; Crooks and Soulé, 1999; Lepczyk et al., 2004; Thomas et al., 2012; van…”
- Escape behaviour of birds provides evidence of predation being involved in urbanization (2012, background): “Predation by cats is much more common in urban than in rural habitats (Baker et al. 2008; Sims et al. 2008; Stracey 2011), whereas predation by avian predators appears to be less common in urban than in rural areas (Stracey 2011).”
- Fearing the feline: domestic cats reduce avian fecundity through trait-mediated indirect effects that increase nest predation by other species (2013, background): “Journal of Applied Ecology © 2013 British Ecological Society controversial and unresolved (Churcher & Lawton 1987; Woods, McDonald & Harris 2003; Baker et al. 2008; Sims et al. 2008; van Heezik et al. 2010).”
- Population impacts of free‐ranging domestic cats on mainland vertebrates (2017, background): “In the UK, Baker et al. (2008) estimated that pet cats depredated a large percentage of populations of the house sparrow (10–30%), common blackbird (Turdus merula) (40– 70%), Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes) (70–100%), dunnock (Prunella modularis) (80–410%), and great tit (Parus major) (100–8”