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2014
Book
Survey and scoping of wildcat priority areas
This report summarises the findings of three complementary projects commissioned by SNH to inform the selection of Priority Areas for wildcat conservation; as proposed in the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan 2013. The scoping projects combined field surveys, taxonomic and genetic assessments, population modelling and a questionnaire survey of public...Littlewood, N A ; Campbell, R D ; Dinnie, L ; Gilbert, L ; Hooper, R …
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2015
Journal article
Mapping the spatial configuration of hybridization risk for an endangered population of the European wildcat (Felis silvestris silvestris) in Scotland
The wildcat in Scotland, UK, is currently at risk of extinction because of hybridization with feral domestic cats (ferals) and hybrids (wildcat × domestic cat crosses). Conservation efforts are hampered by limited information on the distribution of these three cat types and the spatial variation in hybridization risk. From January 2010 to...Kilshaw, Kerry ; Montgomery, Robert A ; Campbell, R D ; Hetherington, David A ; Johnson, Paul J …
Camera-trap – Distribution – Felis silvestris silvestris – Hybridization – Occupancy – Wildcat