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DOI	10.3390/su14031373
	Feral Cats in the Subtropics of Australia-The Shamrock Station Irrigation Project
	Lohr, Michael Thomas; Algar, Dave; Hamilton, Neil; Lohr, Cheryl Anne
通讯作者	Lohr, CA (corresponding author)，Biodivers Conservat Sci, Dept Biodivers Conservat & Attract, 17 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia.
来源期刊	SUSTAINABILITY
EISSN	2071-1050
出版年	2022
卷号	14 期号:3
英文摘要	Simple Summary In Australia, feral cats (Felis catus) have been a ubiquitous threatening process to Australian fauna since European colonisation. There is a concern that irrigating land on pastoral leases and storing agricultural produce may indirectly increase the abundance of feral cats and European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), which in turn may negatively impact native species such as the threatened bilbies (Macrotis lagotis). Our baseline study on a pastoral lease in the arid subtropics of Western Australia revealed a high density of feral cats with dietary data that suggests the current native mammal assemblage on the lease is depauperate. Environmental damage caused by the intensification of agriculture may be compensated by implementing conservation projects directed towards reducing threatening processes and conserving threatened native species. In Australia, feral cats (Felis catus) have been a ubiquitous threatening process to Australian fauna since European colonisation. On Shamrock Station, in the north-west of Western Australia, the Argyle Cattle Company has proposed intensifying agriculture through the installation of irrigation pivots. There is concern that irrigating land and storing agricultural produce may indirectly increase the abundance of feral cats and European red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) on the property, which in turn may negatively impact threatened bilbies (Macrotis lagotis) that also inhabit the property. Feral cat control is required under the approved management plan for this project to mitigate this potential impact. Our baseline study revealed a high density of feral cats on Shamrock Station (0.87 cats km(-2)) and dietary data that suggest the current native mammal assemblage on Shamrock Station is depauperate. Given the high density of feral cats in this area, the effective control of this introduced predator is likely to confer benefits to the bilby and other native species susceptible to cat predation. We recommend ongoing monitoring of both native species and feral cats to determine if there is a benefit in implementing feral cat control around areas of intensive agriculture and associated cattle production.
英文关键词	feral cat Felis catus agriculture development intensification bilby Macrotis lagotis
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	gold
收录类别	SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号	WOS:000759273200001
WOS关键词	BILBY MACROTIS-LAGOTIS ; GREATER BILBY ; SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA ; HABITAT USE ; CONSERVATION ; ECOLOGY ; VEGETATION ; PREDATORS ; DRIVERS ; NORTH
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/376400
作者单位	[Lohr, Michael Thomas] Phoenix Environm Sci Pty Ltd, 2-3 King Edward Rd, Osborne Pk, WA 6017, Australia; [Lohr, Michael Thomas] Edith Cowan Univ, Sch Sci, 100 Joondalup Dr, Joondalup, WA 6027, Australia; [Algar, Dave; Hamilton, Neil; Lohr, Cheryl Anne] Biodivers Conservat Sci, Dept Biodivers Conservat & Attract, 17 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington, WA 6151, Australia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Lohr, Michael Thomas,Algar, Dave,Hamilton, Neil,et al. Feral Cats in the Subtropics of Australia-The Shamrock Station Irrigation Project[J],2022,14(3).
APA	Lohr, Michael Thomas,Algar, Dave,Hamilton, Neil,&Lohr, Cheryl Anne.(2022).Feral Cats in the Subtropics of Australia-The Shamrock Station Irrigation Project.SUSTAINABILITY,14(3).
MLA	Lohr, Michael Thomas,et al."Feral Cats in the Subtropics of Australia-The Shamrock Station Irrigation Project".SUSTAINABILITY 14.3(2022).