Home ranges of feral cats at Avonmouth Docks (United Kingdom).
The feral cat population at a 178 ha dockland site was studied for eighteen months using direct observation assisted by radio-tracking. Though food appeared to be abundant and widely distributed, the population density was low (10-15 adults/km2). Home ranges were similar for males and females, and were much smaller (15 +/- 17 ha and 10 +/- 7 ha, respectively) than would be expected from the low density. The implications of the findings for feral cat control were discussed, with particular emphasis on rabies emergency measures.
Central Science Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Worplesdon, Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom.
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D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000502:physiology; D002415:Cats / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D011156:Population Density; D006113:United Kingdom