Feline Encounters Down Under: Investigating the Activity of Cats and Native Wildlife at Sydney’s North Head
Abstract
:Simple Summary
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Setting
2.2. Remote Sensing Cameras
2.3. Data and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Weather Conditions | May | June | July |
---|---|---|---|
Total Rainfall (mm) | 43 | 19.6 | 35.4 |
Mean Min Temperature (°C) | 12.1 | 11.6 | 11.1 |
Mean Max Temperature (°C) | 19.4 | 18.1 | 18.7 |
Average time of sunrise | 6:38 a.m. | 6:56 a.m. | 6:56 a.m. |
Average time of sunset | 5:04 p.m. | 4:54 p.m. | 5:05 p.m. |
Camera | Land Tenure | BAN | BIRD | CAT | DDOG | ECH | FOX | HUMN | LIZ | POS | RAB | SMLMAM | Total | Trap Nights |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NBC | 123 | 354 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 40 | 87 | 8 | 648 | 56 |
2 | NBC | 34 | 219 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 29 | 20 | 366 | 56 |
3 | SPCCM | 119 | 129 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 584 | 1 | 842 | 56 |
4 | SHNP | 31 | 98 | 11 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 2914 | 0 | 268 | 134 | 2 | 3475 | 44 |
5 | SHNP | 4 | 56 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2728 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 2817 | 41 |
6 | NBC | 1 | 60 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 139 | 56 |
7 | ICMS | 3 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 2 | 173 | 56 |
8 | NBC | 51 | 796 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 5 | 0 | 898 | 56 |
9 | NBC | 25 | 173 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 214 | 3 | 440 | 42 |
10 | SHNP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1072 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1074 | 8 |
11 | SHFT | 25 | 496 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 355 | 0 | 149 | 60 | 12 | 1104 | 56 |
12 | SHNP | 2 | 28 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 3297 | 0 | 110 | 126 | 2 | 3598 | 56 |
13 | SHFT | 37 | 80 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 292 | 0 | 103 | 680 | 5 | 1220 | 56 |
14 | SHFT | 37 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 884 | 0 | 72 | 158 | 4 | 1177 | 56 |
15 | SHFT | 24 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 632 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 705 | 56 |
16 | SHFT | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2855 | 0 | 77 | 11 | 0 | 2956 | 43 |
18 | SHFT | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 56 |
19 | SHFT | 48 | 733 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 31 | 234 | 13 | 1088 | 56 |
20 | ICMS | 41 | 137 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 13 | 149 | 9 | 480 | 56 |
Total | 611 | 3498 | 50 | 75 | 3 | 62 | 15,268 | 2 | 991 | 2564 | 94 | 23,218 | 963 |
Camera | Land Tenure | Cats Prohibited? | Cat 1 # DSH | Cat 2 Unknown | Cat 3 DSH | Cat 4 # Burmese | Cat 5 # Ragdoll | Cat 6 DSH | Cat 7 Burmese | Cat 8 DSH | Cat 9 # Unknown | Cat 10 DSH | Cat 11 * Bengal | Unknown ^ | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | NBC | No | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | NBC | No | 2 | 1 | 12 | 15 | |||||||||
3 | SPCCM | No | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
4 | SHNP | Yes | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 11 | ||||||||
5 | SHNP | Yes | 0 | ||||||||||||
6 | NBC | No | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
7 | ICMS | No | 0 | ||||||||||||
8 | NBC | No | 0 | ||||||||||||
9 | NBC | No | 0 | ||||||||||||
10 | SHNP | Yes | 0 | ||||||||||||
11 | SHFT | Yes | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
12 | SHNP | Yes | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||
13 | SHFT | Yes | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
14 | SHFT | Yes | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||
15 | SHFT | Yes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
16 | SHFT | Yes | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
18 | SHFT | Yes | 0 | ||||||||||||
19 | SHFT | Yes | 0 | ||||||||||||
20 | ICMS | No | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||
Total | 2 | 1 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 50 |
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Kennedy, B.P.A.; Clemann, A.; Ma, G.C. Feline Encounters Down Under: Investigating the Activity of Cats and Native Wildlife at Sydney’s North Head. Animals 2024, 14, 2485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14172485
Kennedy BPA, Clemann A, Ma GC. Feline Encounters Down Under: Investigating the Activity of Cats and Native Wildlife at Sydney’s North Head. Animals. 2024; 14(17):2485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14172485
Chicago/Turabian StyleKennedy, Brooke P. A., Anna Clemann, and Gemma C. Ma. 2024. "Feline Encounters Down Under: Investigating the Activity of Cats and Native Wildlife at Sydney’s North Head" Animals 14, no. 17: 2485. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14172485