The impact of free-ranging domestic cats on wildlife of the United States

By S. Loss, Tom C. Will, Peter P. Marra. Nature Communications, 2013

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Population impacts of free‐ranging domestic cats on mainland vertebrates (2017, background): “…of studies have investigated cat diets, and quantitative syntheses of these data estimate that cats annually kill hundreds of millions of birds in Canada (Blancher 2013) and hundreds of millions (reptiles and amphibians) to billions (birds and mammals) of vertebrates in the US (Loss et al. 2013).”
Predation by small mammalian carnivores in rural agro-ecosystems: An undervalued ecosystem service? (2017, background): “The lack of effect of cats on small carnivore occupancy is surprising, given the large impact cats have on mammalian communities (Loss et al., 2013).”
Catastrophic cat predation: A call for predator profiling in wildlife protection programs (2015, background): “Predation and disease transfer by domestic cats, Felis catus, present a serious threat to many wildlife species (Jokelainen and Nylund, 2012; Loss et al., 2013) and hence cats are the focus of many eradication and control programs (Bester et al.”
The Anthropocene biosphere (2015, background): “7 billion mammals annually (Loss et al., 2013), having largely replaced native mesopredators in urban environments.”
How many reptiles are killed by cats in Australia? (2018, methodology): “…but not directly kill and consume them, and many of those injured animals will subsequently die; and (5) reptile eggs and hatchlings may be rapidly digested and leave little trace (Hubbs 1951; Jackson 1951; George 1978; Davies and Prentice 1980; Read and Bowen 2001; Jessup 2004; Loss et al. 2013).”
The breeding performance of raptors in urban landscapes: a review and meta-analysis (2017, background): “The introduction of non-native predators (Bonnington et al. 2013; Loss et al. 2013), collisions with buildings and vehicles (Erritzoe et al.”
Hunting behaviour in domestic cats: An exploratory study of risk and responsibility among cat owners (2019, background): “Globally, domestic cats, and particularly feral populations, are considered a significant threat to vulnerable wildlife (Medina et al., 2011; Loss et al., 2013; Doherty et al., 2017; IUCN ISSG, 2018).”
Effects of low-level culling of feral cats in open populations: a case study from the forests of southern Tasmania (2015, background): “Cats have been estimated to kill many billions of smallmammals andbirds eachyear in theUnitedStates (Loss et al. 2013), and are recognised as an extinction driver for at least 33 species of endemic insular vertebrates in other parts of the world (Nogales et al. 2013).”
Direct Mortality of Birds from Anthropogenic Causes (2015, neutral): “However, rapid expansion of wind energy along with a projected increase in turbine size could lead to substantially greater mortality (Loss et al. 2013a).”
A Synthesis of Human-related Avian Mortality in Canada (2013, background): “For instance, in the United States a median estimate of 2.4 billion birds are killed annually by cats (Loss et al. 2013), and a substantial proportion of these birds will have been produced in Canada.”
Rapid growth of the US wildland-urban interface raises wildfire risk (2018, background): “As houses are built in the WUI, native vegetation is lost and fragmented (10); landscaping introduces nonnative species and soils are disturbed, causing nonnatives to spread (11); pets kill large quantities of wildlife (12); and zoonotic disease, such as Lyme disease, are transmitted (13).”
Introduced cats (Felis catus) eating a continental fauna: The number of mammals killed in Australia (2019, methodology): “260 261 We followed the approach of Loss et al. (2013) and Woinarski et al. (2017; 2018a), and characterised 262 the uncertainty of the estimated total number of mammals killed by feral cats using bootstrapping.”
How many birds are killed by cats in Australia (2017, methodology): “…(iii) cats may kill some birds but not necessarily consume them (‘surplus kill’); and (iv) eggs and chicks with largely undeveloped feathers may be rapidly digested and leave little trace (Davies and Prentice, 1980; George, 1978; Hubbs, 1951; Jackson, 1951; Loss et al., 2013; Read and Bowen, 2001).”
Bird–building collisions in the United States: Estimates of annual mortality and species vulnerability (2014, methodology): “Given enough year-round studies, partial-year mortality rates can be standardized to year-round estimates using year-round studies as a baseline (Longcore et al. 2012, Loss et al. 2013).”