Miklós Heltai

TL;DR: In this article, an expert based update of the conservation status of all populations identified by the Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe (LCIE), available in the document “Guidelines for Population Level Management Plans for Large carnivores” (Linnell et al. 2008) and/or in the various Species Online Information Systems (http://www.lcie.kora.ch/sp‐ois/ ; also see Appendix 1).

TL;DR: Results indicate an ongoing expansion in Europe's jackal population, with a particular spread of the Balkan populations towards central Europe.

TL;DR: Food composition and feeding habits of feral domestic cats, however, was different compared to wild cats, which indicated the possibility of partial resource partitioning.

TL;DR: The trophic niche breadth of both species was very narrow and the fox proved to be more of a generalist than the jackal, which implies a typical searching and solitary hunting strategy.

TL;DR: The results suggest ongoing gene flow between south-eastern Europe and the Caucasus, and that new populations of the golden jackal may be founded by long-distance dispersal, and thus should not be treated as an invasive alien species.