A Review of Feral Cat Eradication on Islands

By M. Nogales, Aurelio Martín, B. Tershy, C. Donlan, D. Veitch, Néstor Puerta, B. Wood, J. Alonso. 2004

595 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Genetics

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In Ecology

1. C. Donlan
2. James C. Russell
3. K. Campbell
4. Chris R. Dickman
5. M. Le Corre
6. M. Clout
7. B. Tershy
8. K. Moseby

In Genetics

1. C. Donlan
2. Chris R. Dickman
3. K. Campbell
4. Peter P. Marra
5. S. Loss
6. F. Cruz
7. V. Carrión
8. C. Lavoie

Citations in the corpus

• Reproduction in an endemic bird of a semiarid island: a food‐mediated process (2006, background): “Most predation events were likely due to endotherms, especially feral cats, an opportunistic alien predator whose strong effects on the native species of the Canary Islands are well known (Nogales et al. 2004 and references therein).”
• Quantifying free-roaming domestic cat predation using animal-borne video cameras (2013, background): “Cats are thought to pose a significant threat to the birds, herpetofauna, and small mammals upon which they prey (Crooks and Soulé, 1999; Dauphiné and Cooper, 2009; Lepczyk et al., 2004; Nogales et al., 2004).”
• The Global Islands Invasive Vertebrate Eradication Database: A tool to improve and facilitate restoration of island ecosystems (2011, background): “Published global reviews of eradication efforts include regional approaches for all taxa (Clout and Russell 2006; Genovesi and Carnevali 2011; Lorvelec and Pascal 2005) and global approaches for individual taxa such as goats (Capra hircus; Campbell and Donlan 2005), cats (Felis catus; Nogales et al.”
• Population impacts of free‐ranging domestic cats on mainland vertebrates (2017, background): “Over whelming evidence for such impacts on islands has led to many successful cat eradications, with subsequent recovery of persisting species (Nogales et al. 2004).”
• Improving invasive ant eradication as a conservation tool: A review (2016, background): “Over the past decade, taxa-specific reviews of invasive species eradications have helped clarify the benefits, costs, and risks of eradication as a biodiversity conservation tool, as well as identify important research needs (Campbell et al., 2011; Howald et al., 2007; Nogales et al., 2004).”
• When does invasive species removal lead to ecological recovery? Implications for management success (2018, background): “…invader impacts and to facilitate the recovery of populations of endangered or endemic species, native biodiversity, species interactions, or ecosystem processes or services (Zavaleta et al. 2001; D’Antonio and Meyerson 2002; Nogales et al. 2004; Campbell and Donlan 2005; Bellingham et al. 2010).”
• Management of disease in wild mammals (2009, background): “However, the most successful carnivore eradication campaigns have relied on a combination of trapping and shooting (Nogales et al. 2004).”
• Bio-Economics of Large-Scale Eradication of Feral Goats From Santiago Island, Galápagos (2009, background): “Nonnative predators, such as rats (Rattus spp.) and cats (Felis silvestris catus), have decimated endemic rodent, reptile, and avian populations and have extirpated seabird colonies on islands around the globe (Nogales et al. 2004, Towns et al. 2006).”
• Review article: The catastrophic impact of invasive mammalian predators on birds of the UK Overseas Territories: a review and synthesis (2010, unknown): “Rat and cat eradications from islands have become a major conservation industry in recent years, with recent reviews showing that around 300 and 50 islands have been cleared of the two taxa, respectively (Nogales et al. 2004, Howald et al. 2007).”
• Estimating and indexing feral cat population abundances using camera traps (2011, background): “Feral cats (Felis catus) are a widespread invasive species, with substantial and diverse impacts on biodiversity and economic values across the globe (e.g. McLeod 2004; Nogales et al. 2004).”
• Avoiding surprise effects on Surprise Island: alien species control in a multitrophic level perspective (2009, background): “Control programmes of invading alien species, including the eradication of mammals from islands, have been increasing in numbers in the last few decades (Myers et al. 2000; Courchamp et al. 2003; Nogales et al. 2004; Campbell and Donlan 2005; Martins et al. 2006; Howald et al. 2007).”
• Feral Cats and Biodiversity Conservation: The Urgent Prioritization of Island Management (2013, background): “Feral cats have been known to drive numerous extinc­ tions of endemic vertebrates on islands (Veitch 2001, Nogales et al. 2004) and were included in the list of the 100 worst invasive species (Lowe et al. 2000); feral cats are the most widespread and probably the most damaging of the four…”