ArticleEcology and evolution2020
An accessible scheme for monitoring free-roaming cat population trends.
Article in Ecology and evolution, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Reduction of free-roaming cat population requires high-intensity neutering in spatial contiguity to mitigate compensatory effects.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022Article
- An accessible scheme for monitoring free-roaming cat population trends.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
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Abstract
Free-roaming cats (FRCs) form nondomiciliary population groups that might lead to adverse environmental effects, as well as to welfare impairment of the cats themselves. Though criticized by ecologists, for the last two decades, the trap-neuter-return (TNR) programs were often employed aiming to manage these populations. At present, no accepted and accessible monitoring scheme exists to determine the effectiveness of those programs. In the current study, we present the reliability and validity of an applicable monitoring scheme, as an adjunct tool for a TNR program of FRC in an urban environment. The monitoring scheme is based on cat observation counts along randomly chosen transects. Fifty-four transects were repeatedly walked for three years, between 2012-2014, in 27 neighborhoods within an urban area of 19.3 Km
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