Simulating Free-Roaming Cat Population Management Options in Open Demographic Environments

Philip S. Miller; John D. Boone; Joyce R. Briggs; Dennis F. Lawler; Julie K. Levy; Felicia B. Nutter; Margaret Slater; Stephen Zawistowski

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113553

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Simulating Free-Roaming Cat Population Management Options in Open Demographic Environments

Philip S. Miller ,

* E-mail: pmiller@cbsg.org

Affiliation Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission, International Union for Conservation of Nature, Apple Valley, Minnesota, United States of America
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John D. Boone,

Affiliation Great Basin Bird Observatory, Reno, Nevada, United States of America
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Joyce R. Briggs,

Affiliation Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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Dennis F. Lawler,

Affiliation Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois, United States of America
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Julie K. Levy,

Affiliation Maddie's Shelter Medicine Program, Department of Small Animal Clinical Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
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Felicia B. Nutter,

Affiliation Department of Infectious Disease and Global Health, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts University, North Grafton, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Margaret Slater,

Affiliation Shelter Research and Development, American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Florence, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Stephen Zawistowski

Affiliation American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, New York, New York, United States of America
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Simulating Free-Roaming Cat Population Management Options in Open Demographic Environments

Philip S. Miller,
John D. Boone,
Joyce R. Briggs,
Dennis F. Lawler,
Julie K. Levy,
Felicia B. Nutter,
Margaret Slater,
Stephen Zawistowski

Published: November 26, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0113553

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CORRECTION to published abstract

Posted by pmiller99 on 02 Dec 2014 at 18:16 GMT

I would like to point out an error in the abstract. The third sentence of the abstract currently reads:

“Previous analyses that use simulation modeling tools to evaluate alternative management methods have focused on relative efficacy of removal (or trap-return, TR), typically involving euthanasia, ...”

The first statement in parentheses contains an error and should instead be written as:

"...(or trap-removal, TR)..."

Our apologies for the confusion this error may cause.

No competing interests declared.

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CORRECTION to published abstract

Posted by pmiller99 on 02 Dec 2014 at 18:16 GMT