Populations of domestic dogs and cats are increasing worldwide and affecting ecosystems (Medina et al. 2011, Hughes and Macdonald 2013), which is especially relevant when they live near protected areas (Lessa et al. 2016). Freeranging dogs and cats interact with wildlife in several ways through predation, harassment, disease transmission, or hybridization. They can also compete with wildlife by reducing the availability of prey or by altering activity patterns through interference (Hughes and Macdonald 2013). Most of the time these interactions are negative for wildlife, which lead dogs and cats to be considered the cause of more than half of the global extinctions of bird, mammal, and reptile species (Medina et al. 2011, Doherty et al. 2017). AUTORES: PABLO I. PLAZA,1 Grupo de investigaciones en Biologıa de la Conservacion, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue CONICET), Quintral 1250 (R8400FRF), Bariloche, Argentina; KARINA L. SPEZIALE, Grupo de investigaciones en Biologıa de la Conservacion, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue CONICET), Quintral 1250 (R8400FRF), Bariloche, Argentina; LUCIA B. ZAMORA-NASCA, Grupo de investigaciones en Biologıa de la Conservacion, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue CONICET), Quintral 1250 (R8400FRF), Bariloche, Argentina; SERGIO A. LAMBERTUCCI, Grupo de investigaciones en Biologıa de la Conservacion, Laboratorio Ecotono, INIBIOMA (Universidad Nacional del Comahue CONICET), Quintral 1250 (R8400FRF), Bariloche, Argentina
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