Coexistence between Humans and ‘Misunderstood’ Domestic Cats in the Anthropocene: Exploring Behavioural Plasticity as a Gatekeeper of Evolution

Coexistence between Humans and ‘Misunderstood’ Domestic Cats in the Anthropocene: Exploring Behavioural Plasticity as a Gatekeeper of Evolution

Welfare and management decisions for unowned free-ranging cats in urban environments should no longer be based on knowledge about behavioural ecology of solitary cats living and breeding in more natural ‘wild’ environments. We provide evidence that urban free-ranging domestic cats in the Anthropocen...

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Main Authors: Eugenia Natoli, Carla Litchfield, Dominique Pontier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-07-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
domestic cat
Anthropocene
behavioural plasticity
new trait evolution
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/13/1717

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