References For Cat Predation in California

Anderson, D.W., J.O. Keith, G.R. Trapp, F. Gress, and L.S. Moreno. 1989. Introduced small ground predators in California Brown Pelican colonies. Colonial Waterbirds 12: 98-103.

Crooks, K. 1998. Tabby go home: house cat and coyote interactions in southern California habitat remnants. http://www.ncal.verio.com/~nsn/tabby/html

Crooks, K.R. and M.E. Soule. 1999. Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system. Nature 400:563-566.

Dixon, C. California sea otters fall prey to parasites. The New York Times. 3/23/03.

Hawkins, C.C. 1998. Impact of a Subsidized Exotic Predator on Native Biota: Effect of House Cats (Felis catus) on California Birds and Rodents. PhD. dissertation, Texas A & M University, College Station. 66 pages.

Jessup, D.A., K.C. Pettan, L.J. Lowenstine and N.C. Pedersen. 1993. Feline leukemia virus infection and renal spirochetosis in a free-ranging cougar (Felis concolor). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 24:73-79.

Jurek, R. 1995. Predation of Listed Species (http://www.ncal.verio.com/~nsn/nsnpredlist.html), Native Species Network.

Krebs, J.W., T.W. Strine, J.S. Smith, D.L. Noah, C.E. Rupprecht, and J.E. Childs. 1996. Rabies surveillance in the United States during 1995. Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 209(12):2031-2044.

Lutz, H., E. Ishenbugel, R. Lahmann. 1991. Retrovirus serology in non-domestic felids. P. 18. Presented at the Proceedings of the First International Conference of Feline Immunodeficiency Virus Researchers, Sept. 4-7, University of California, Davis, CA.

Noss, R.F. and R.L. Peters. 1995. Endangered Ecosystems: A Status Report on America's Vanishing Habitat and Wildlife. Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, DC 132 pp.

Thelander, C.G. and M. Crabtree. 1994. Life on the Edge. A Guide to California's Endangered Natural Resources: Wildlife. BioSystems Books, Santa Cruz, California.

Zembal, R. 1989. Movements and activity patterns of the Light-footed Clapper Rail. J.Wildl. Manage.53(1):39-42