Free-ranging Cats

Behavior, Ecology, Management

Inbunden, Engelska, 2014

Av Stephen Spotte, Mystic) Spotte, Stephen (Sea Research Foundation, Inc. and Mystic Aquarium

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Feral and stray domestic cats occupy many different habitats. They can resist dehydration for months by relying exclusively on the tissue water of their prey allowing them to colonize remote deserts and other inhospitable places. They thrive and reproduce in humid equatorial rainforests and windswept subantarctic islands. In many areas of the world feral cats have driven some species of birds and mammals to extinction and others to the edge, becoming a huge conservation concern. With the control of feral and stray cats now a top conservation priority, biologists are intensifying efforts to understand cat behaviour, reproductive biology, use of space, intraspecies interaction, dietary requirements, prey preferences, and vulnerability to different management strategies.This book provides the most comprehensive review yet published on the behavior, ecology and management of free-ranging domestic cats, whether they be owned, stray, or feral. It reviews management methods and their progress, and questions several widely accepted views of free-ranging cats, notably that they live within dominance hierarchies and are highly social.Insightful and objective, this book includes: a functional approach, emphasizing sensory biology, reproductive physiology, nutrition, and spacepartitioning;clear treatment of how free-ranging cats should be managed;extensive critical interpretation of the world's existing literature;results of studies of cats in laboratories under controlled conditions, with data that can also beapplied to pet cats.Free-ranging Cats: Behavior, Ecology, Management is valuable to ecologists, conservation scientists, animal behaviorists, wildlife nutritionists, wildlife biologists, research and wildlife veterinarians, clinical veterinarians, mammalogists, and park and game reserve planners and administrators.

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Utgivningsdatum2014-09-19
Mått198 x 254 x 21 mm
Vikt862 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor320
FörlagJohn Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN9781118884010

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Preface xiAbbreviations and symbols xviiAbout the companion website xix1 Dominance 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Dominance defined 11.3 Dominance status and dominance hierarchies 61.4 Dominance–submissive behavior 101.5 Dominance in free-ranging cats 152 Space 192.1 Introduction 192.2 Space defined 202.3 Diel activity 232.4 Dispersal 262.5 Inbreeding avoidance 272.6 Home-range boundaries 312.7 Determinants of home-range size 332.8 Habitat selection 412.9 Scent-marking 433 Interaction 493.1 Introduction 493.2 The asocial domestic cat 493.3 Solitary or social? 523.4 Cooperative or not? 583.5 The kinship dilemma 613.6 What it takes to be social 664 Reproduction 724.1 Introduction 724.2 Female reproductive biology 724.3 Male reproductive biology 844.4 The cat mating system: promiscuity or polygyny? 884.5 Female mating behavior 914.6 Male mating behavior 934.7 Female choice 965 Development 985.1 Introduction 985.2 Intrauterine development 985.3 Dens 1005.4 Parturition 1005.5 Early maturation 1045.6 Nursing 1085.7 Weaning 1095.8 Survival 1115.9 Effect of early weaning and separation 1135.10 Early predatory behavior 1146 Emulative learning and play 1166.1 Introduction 1166.2 Emulative learning 1166.3 Play 1216.4 Ontogenesis of play 1256.5 What is play? 1307 Nutrition 1377.1 Introduction 1377.2 Proximate composition 1387.3 Proteins 1397.4 Fats 1487.5 Carbohydrates 1507.6 Fiber 1557.7 Vitamins 1568 Water balance and energy 1588.1 Introduction 1588.2 Water balance 1588.3 Energy 1628.4 Energy needs of free-ranging cats 1668.5 Energy costs of pregnancy and lactation 1728.6 Obesity 1789 Foraging 1819.1 Introduction 1819.2 Cats as predators 1829.3 Scavenging 1859.4 When cats hunt 1899.5 Food intake of feral cats 1899.6 How cats detect prey 1909.7 How cats hunt 2009.8 What cats hunt 2059.9 Prey selection 2079.10 The motivation to hunt 21010 Management 21410.1 Introduction 21410.2 Effect of free-ranging cats on wildlife 21510.3 Trap–neuter–release (TNR) 22410.4 Biological control 23310.5 Poisoning and other eradication methods 23710.6 Integrated control 24110.7 Preparation for eradication programs 24510.8 “Secondary” prey management 247References 251Index 293

"In this context, a new book published by Wiley, Free-ranging Cats: Behavior, Ecology, Management (by Stephen Spotte), provides a comprehensive and objective insight on the key topics related to the management of feral cats, addressing some fundamental issues for a correct analysis of the problem, including a review of the available information on the species' behavioral, biological and ecological features." (Nature Conservation, 15 December 2014)"The breadth and depth of the book, along with its well thought out points, make it a must have for anyone working on issues related to free-ranging cats. It is a well written and easy to follow book that can easily be referenced for specific topics." (The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2015)