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Forest structure has stronger effects than cattle occurrence on the occupancy of a carnivore guild

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation, 2023
Anthropogenic activities can profoundly affect ecological communities. This is true of the most ubiquitous type of anthropogenic land-use, livestock grazing. While livestock grazing is known to impact vegetation structure, soil, and hydrological features,
Marie E. Martin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Relationships Between Livestock Damages and Large Carnivore Densities in Sweden

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020
Promoting co-existence between humans and their physical and ecological environment, including wildlife, has been given an increased importance due to a recent shift of society to become environmentally sustainable.
Fredrik Dalerum   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trust in large carnivore science in Norway [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Large carnivores are controversial species, and associated conflicts between stakeholders with opposing views on large carnivores are observed across the globe.
Barmoen, Magnus   +4 more
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Understanding carnivore killing behaviour: Exploring the motivations for tiger killing in the Sundarbans, Bangladesh [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
This paper explores village-based tiger killing (TK) among communities bordering the Sundarbans mangrove forest, Bangladesh. We find that TKs are not purely retaliatory in nature (i.e.
MacMillan, Douglas C.
core   +1 more source

Hunting, Exotic Carnivores, and Habitat Loss: Anthropogenic Effects on a Native Carnivore Community, Madagascar. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The wide-ranging, cumulative, negative effects of anthropogenic disturbance, including habitat degradation, exotic species, and hunting, on native wildlife has been well documented across a range of habitats worldwide with carnivores potentially being ...
Zach J Farris   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Integral Nature of Encounter Rate in Predicting Livestock Depredation Risk

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Carnivore depredation of livestock is one of the primary drivers of human-carnivore conflict globally, threatening the well-being of livestock owners, and fueling large carnivore population declines. Interventions designed to reduce carnivore depredation
Claire F. Hoffmann   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hunting‐mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate

open access: yesEcology and Evolution, 2018
Predator‐prey theory predicts that in the presence of multiple types of predators using a common prey, predator facilitation may result as a consequence of contrasting prey defense mechanisms, where reducing the risk from one predator increases the risk ...
Benedikt Gehr   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Testing the effects of anthropogenic pressures on a diverse African herbivore community

open access: yesEcosphere, 2020
Large herbivore communities around the world have declined steeply in recent decades. Although excessive bushmeat harvesting is thought to be the primary cause of herbivore declines in many ecosystems, the direct effects of anthropogenic pressures on ...
Milan A. Vinks   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

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