Home range and diet of feral cats in Hawaii forests

Author:

Smucker, Ty D., Lindsey, Gerald D., Mosher, Stephen M.

Title:

Home range and diet of feral cats in Hawaii forests

Periodical:

Pacific Conservation Biology

Year:

2000

Volume:

6

Pages:

229-237

Subject:

Feral cats Felis catus Alien species Home range Diet Predation

Summary:

Predation by introduced species, particularly mammals, is one of the leading causes for extinctions and declines in insular avifauna and the feral cat, (Felis catus), is among the most widespread and efficient predator that was introduced to islands. This makes the feral cat an important threat to many island vertebrate populations. As a result, the purpose of this study was to assess the impact that the feral cat has on native terrestrial fauna and to provide baseline ecological data. As a component of a larger study of introduced predators and their potential impacts on native forest birds, this study determined the home range of the feral cat in a montane set forest habitat as well as their diet in three habitats -- the montane wet forest and subalpine dry forest on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, and the lowland dry forest on Kahoolawe Island.

Label:

Animals

Collection:

Periodicals