Human influences shape the first spatially explicit national estimate of urban unowned cat abundance

Abstract Globally, unowned cats are a common element of urban landscapes, and the focus of diverse fields of study due to welfare, conservation and public health concerns. However, their abundance and distribution are poorly understood at large spatial scales. Here, we use an Integrated Abundance Mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jennifer L. McDonald, Elizabeth Skillings
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99298-6