Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain

Red foxes, European wildcats and domestic cats share cattle pastures for hunting in La Pernia Valley, northern Spain. To understand the mechanisms that allow the coexistence of these mesopredators in a habitat characterized by its anthropogenic modifications, we recorded sightings of these species i...

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Autores: Rodíguez, Alejandro, Urra, Fermín, Jubete, Fernando, Román, Jacinto, Revilla, Eloy, Palomares, Francisco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Spatial segregation
Domestic cat
European wildcat
Red fox
Intraguild competition
Pasture selection
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spelling Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern SpainRodíguez, AlejandroUrra, FermínJubete, FernandoRomán, JacintoRevilla, EloyPalomares, FranciscoSpatial segregationDomestic catEuropean wildcatRed foxIntraguild competitionPasture selectionRed foxes, European wildcats and domestic cats share cattle pastures for hunting in La Pernia Valley, northern Spain. To understand the mechanisms that allow the coexistence of these mesopredators in a habitat characterized by its anthropogenic modifications, we recorded sightings of these species in pastures in the summers of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. We tested if the species preferred specific areas of pastures and if they exhibited any spatial segregation in the use of pastures. Red foxes did not show consistent preferences for any area of the pastures. European wildcats preferred pasture areas closer to streams and forest edges, whereas domestic cats preferred areas closer to buildings and paved roads whilst avoiding forest edges. All species pairs showed strong spatial segregation with less than 7% overlap. We hypothesize that spatial segregation is the mechanism used by European wildcats and domestic cats to avoid dangerous interactions with other predators and which characterizes their preference of specific areas on pastures, using areas near places that may protect them from other predators. Ultimately, the influence of fox presence (and probably that of other larger potential predators) on the use of pastures by European wildcats and domestic cats is decreasing the number of interactions between them and may help to prevent hybridization in this area.Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing InstituteConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2020202020202020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/221567reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d12070268Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2215672026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain
title Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain
spellingShingle Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain
Rodíguez, Alejandro
Spatial segregation
Domestic cat
European wildcat
Red fox
Intraguild competition
Pasture selection
title_short Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain
title_full Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain
title_fullStr Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain
title_full_unstemmed Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain
title_sort Spatial segregation between red foxes (Vulpes vulpes), European wildcats (Felis silvestris) and Domestic Cats (Felis catus) in Pastures in a Livestock Area of Northern Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rodíguez, Alejandro
Urra, Fermín
Jubete, Fernando
Román, Jacinto
Revilla, Eloy
Palomares, Francisco
author Rodíguez, Alejandro
author_facet Rodíguez, Alejandro
Urra, Fermín
Jubete, Fernando
Román, Jacinto
Revilla, Eloy
Palomares, Francisco
author_role author
author2 Urra, Fermín
Jubete, Fernando
Román, Jacinto
Revilla, Eloy
Palomares, Francisco
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Spatial segregation
Domestic cat
European wildcat
Red fox
Intraguild competition
Pasture selection
topic Spatial segregation
Domestic cat
European wildcat
Red fox
Intraguild competition
Pasture selection
description Red foxes, European wildcats and domestic cats share cattle pastures for hunting in La Pernia Valley, northern Spain. To understand the mechanisms that allow the coexistence of these mesopredators in a habitat characterized by its anthropogenic modifications, we recorded sightings of these species in pastures in the summers of 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. We tested if the species preferred specific areas of pastures and if they exhibited any spatial segregation in the use of pastures. Red foxes did not show consistent preferences for any area of the pastures. European wildcats preferred pasture areas closer to streams and forest edges, whereas domestic cats preferred areas closer to buildings and paved roads whilst avoiding forest edges. All species pairs showed strong spatial segregation with less than 7% overlap. We hypothesize that spatial segregation is the mechanism used by European wildcats and domestic cats to avoid dangerous interactions with other predators and which characterizes their preference of specific areas on pastures, using areas near places that may protect them from other predators. Ultimately, the influence of fox presence (and probably that of other larger potential predators) on the use of pastures by European wildcats and domestic cats is decreasing the number of interactions between them and may help to prevent hybridization in this area.
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