Environmental factors regulate occupancy of free-ranging dogs on a sub-Antarctic island, Chile

• Published in: Biological Invasions
• Main Authors: Contardo, Juan, Grimm Seyfarth, Annegret, Cattan Ayala, Pedro, Schuttler, Elke
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: Biological invasion; Camera-trap; Canis familiaris; Invasive species; Subsidized predator; Antarctic; Cape Horn; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-020-02394-3; https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/179449

Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) are the most common carnivore species in natural ecosystems worldwide. They are of considerable concern for wildlife conservation, particularly in the absence of predators. However, we are only beginning to understand the ecology of free-ranging dogs, and even less i...