GPS-based seasonal home ranges of neutered pet cats Felis catus along a habitat gradient

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2020-09-03 DOI:10.4404/HYSTRIX-00270-2019

B. Pisanu, Roman Pavisse, P. Clergeau

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Abstract

Understanding the habitat-related hunting behavior of house cats Felis catus is needed to evaluate their potential predatory effect on areas they actively visit within their home range. As part of a citizen science program, 30 neutered cats from 25 households were equipped by their owners during, on average, 2 consecutive days per month between January and November 2016 with a GPS programmed to acquire fixes at 1 to 5 min intervals. Nine cats were located in rural environments, 9 in suburban landscapes, and 12 in urban habitats. For 16 of these cats, preys brought home were recorded daily. Using the recursive distribution movement-based kernel density estimator, rural cats had the largest mean home range area (3.5±0.3 ha), followed by suburban (2.1±0.2 ha) and city cats (1.4±0.1 ha). Moreover, suburban cats enlarged their frequently visited areas in April– June, which corresponded to a peak in small bird preys brought home. Our results suggest that a more diversified landscape may drive domestic cats to increase their home range by benefiting from higher numbers of exploitable areas.

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基于gps的绝育宠物猫沿生境梯度的季节性家庭范围

了解家猫与栖息地相关的捕猎行为是评估家猫在其活动范围内活跃区域的潜在捕食效应的必要条件。作为公民科学项目的一部分，在2016年1月至11月期间，来自25个家庭的30只绝育猫的主人平均每月连续两天为它们配备了GPS程序，每隔1到5分钟获得一次定位。9只猫生活在农村，9只生活在郊区，12只生活在城市。对其中的16只猫，记录了每天带回家的猎物。利用基于递归分布运动的核密度估计，农村猫的平均活动范围最大(3.5±0.3 ha)，其次是郊区猫(2.1±0.2 ha)和城市猫(1.4±0.1 ha)。此外，郊区的猫在4 - 6月扩大了它们经常光顾的区域，这与带回家的小鸟猎物的高峰相对应。我们的研究结果表明，更多样化的景观可能会使家猫从更多的可开发区域中受益，从而扩大它们的活动范围。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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