Cat and dog predation on birds: the importance of indirect predation after bird-window collisions

• Published in: Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation
• Main Authors: Rebolo, Natalia, Zamora Nasca, Lucía Belén, Lambertucci, Sergio Agustin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier
• Subjects: ANTHROPIC DISTURBANCE; BIRD MORTALITY; BIRD-WINDOW COLLISIONS; DOMESTIC CAT; DOMESTIC DOG; PREDATION; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Argentina; Argentina Range; Lucía; Patagonia; San Martín; Canis lupus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/183812

Predation of free-living birds by cats (Felis silvestris catus) and dogs (Canis lupus familiaris) is one of the main urbanization impacts on avifauna worldwide. In addition to direct predation, these pets capture birds after window collisions, an unexplored human cause of avian mortality. In this st...