Importance of scrub–pastureland mosaics for wild-living cats occurrence in a Mediterranean area: implications for the conservation of the wildcat (Felis silvestris)

By J. Lozano, E. Virgós, A. Malo, D. L. Huertas, J. G. Casanovas. Biodiversity and Conservation, 2003

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Molecular analysis of hybridisation between wild and domestic cats (Felis silvestris) in Portugal: implications for conservation (2008, background): “…and scarce availability of prey (as a result of the severe decrease of wild rabbit, the main natural prey in Mediterranean landscapes, Gil-Sánchez et al. 1999; Lozano et al. 2003) may have led to population decline and, eventually, promoted reproductive interactions with domestic cats.”
Habitat selection models for European wildcat conservation (2008, background): “Wildcat dependence on forests has been previously discussed in larger-scale studies (e.g. Lozano et al., 2003) and is probably related to wildcat requirements of cover for sheltering (Parent, 1975; Stahl, 1986; Piechocki, 1990; Wittmer, 2001).”
Spatial ecology of the European wildcat in a Mediterranean ecosystem: dealing with small radio‐tracking datasets in species conservation (2009, background): “Habitat preferences also diverge between the temperate bioclimatic region, where the species is considered to be bound to forests (Nowell & Jackson, 1996), and Mediterranean ecosystems, where a mosaic of shrub-pasturelands is the elected landscape configuration (Lozano et al., 2003).”
A change of diet from rodents to rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus). Is the wildcat (Felis silvestris) a specialist predator (2004, methodology): “…importance in the diet of wildcats across areas with and without rabbits and between seasons within central Spain, a particularly suitable region, because wildcats show a homogeneous distribution (Lozano et al., 2003) while rabbit populations show a patchy one (Virgós, Cabezas-Díaz et al., 2003).”
Influence of landscape characteristics on carnivore diversity and abundance in Mediterranean farmland (2009, background): “Furthermore, some of the carnivores likely to occur in Mediterranean farmed landscapes are also considered of conservation concern (e.g., Lozano et al., 2003; Mestre et al., 2007), which may generate dilemmas between the conservation of predators and that of their prey.”
Surveying carnivores at large spatial scales: a comparison of four broad-applied methods (2007, methodology): “Each transect was divided into 250 m intervals (12 segments) following previous protocols (Clevenger 1993; Virgós et al. 2000; Lozano et al. 2003).”