That a simple change in the concentration of food could lead to such unusual behavior speaks to
how prey density can drive the evolution of new hunting strategies, Cade suggested.
We argue that the behavioural capacity of feral cats to undertake long - distance excursions to exploit transient hunting opportunities results in significantly higher total predator pressure on
prey, and helps to explain
how low -
density cat populations could have large impacts on small - mammal abundance at landscape scales.