Spatiotemporal and Individual Patterns of Domestic Cat (Felis catus) Hunting Behaviour in France
Irene Castañeda,
Marie-Amélie Forin-Wiart,
Benoît Pisanu
et al.
Abstract:Domestic cats (Felis catus), one of the most popular pets, are widespread worldwide. This medium-sized carnivore has well-known negative effects on biodiversity, but there is still a need to better understand the approximate causes of their predation. Based on a citizen science project, we assessed the role of spatiotemporal (i.e., latitude, longitude, and seasons), climatic (i.e., rainfall), anthropogenic (i.e., human footprint, HFI), and individual (i.e., sex and age) variables on the number of preys returne… Show more
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