Posts Tagged: large

Livestock Manangement for Coexistence with Large Carnivores, Healthy Land & Productive Ranches
July 3, 2019
Livestock – large carnivore coexistence practitioners can be more effective by expanding from a direct focus on carnivores and predation-prevention tools to the broader social-ecological context of ranches and rural communities, especially livestock management. Ranchers can apply many of the … read more
Posted in Non-Lethal Management Tools | Tagged carnivores, coexistence, healthy, large, livestock, manangement, productive

Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities
July 3, 2019
The desire to see free ranging large carnivores in their natural habitat is a driver of tourism in protected areas around the globe. However, large carnivores are wide-ranging and subject to human-caused mortality outside protected area boundaries. The impact of … read more
Posted in Hunting Wolves | Tagged areas, boundaries, carnivore, harvest, implications, large, protected

Shoot, Shovel and Shut Up: Cryptic Poaching Slows Restoration of a Large Carnivore in Europe
June 30, 2019
Poaching is a widespread and well-appreciated problem for the conservation of many threatened species. Because poaching is illegal, there is strong incentive for poachers to conceal their activities, and consequently, little data on the effects of poaching on population dynamics … read more
Posted in Human Dimensions | Tagged cryptic, large, poaching, restoration, shoot, shovel, slows

Human-wildlife Conflict As A Barrier To Large Carnivore Management And Conservation In Turkey
June 20, 2019
Large carnivorous mammals are wide-ranging animals and thus frequently come into contact with human settlements in agrarian landscapes. This often generates human–wildlife conflict; carnivores potentially damage livestock, agricultural products, or human well-being. In Turkey, the cooccurrence of eight medium-large carnivore … read more
Posted in Conflicts | Tagged barrier, carnivore, conflict, human, large, management, wildlife

Saving large carnivores, but losing the apex predator?
June 10, 2019
Large terrestrial carnivores, e.g. wolves or bears, often play a key ecological role from their position at the apex of trophic systems. Changes to their populations reverberate through ecological communities; consequently their widespread decline in numbers and shrinking distribution due … read more
Posted in Benefits of Wolves | Tagged carnivores, large, losing, predator, saving

Socioeconomic Benefits Of Large Carnivore Recolonization Through Reduced Wildlife Collision
June 10, 2019
The decline of top carnivores has released large herbivore populations around the world, incurring socioeconomic costs such as increased animal-vehicle collisions. Attempts to control overabundant deer in the Eastern U.S. have largely failed, and deer-vehicle collisions (DVCs) continue to rise … read more
Posted in Benefits of Wolves | Tagged benefits, carnivore, large, recolonization, socioeconomic, through