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| Herce, T. | |
| Spatio-temporal interactions between sympatric felids in the Swiss jura mountains | |
| 2011 Full Book | |
The carnivore abundance depends of three factors: preys abundance, inter-specific competition and intra-guild killing. When carnivores use the same area, modifications of behavior allow the coexistence. Data of three camera-trapping monitoring sessions conducted by KORA in the Jura Mountains from 2008 to 2011 are used to know the relationships and daily patterns of three felids that live there: the lynx _Lynx lynx_, the European wildcat _Felis silvestris_ and the Domestic cat _Felis catus_. To be able to possible resemblance between these two last species rather for tabby cats required identification by phenotypic criterions and by general aspect. The determination of the forest cat remains rather difficult with these methods although currently there is no solution which gives results sure. 82 cats. pictures on 106 were classified as wildcat. The three felid species have an activity pattern mainly nocturnal and the spatial distribution does not show segregation. These felids have been reported on the same sites and the only element which influences these species is the probability of detection. The inter-specific competition and intra-guild killing do not seem to affect these species. |
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