The impact of lynx and wolf on roe deer hunting benefits in Sweden
Abstract Large carnivores provide ecosystem and cultural benefits but also impose costs on hunters due to the competition for game. The aim of this paper was to identify the marginal impact of lynx ( Lynx lynx ) and wolf ( Canis lupus ) on the harvest of roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) in Sweden an...
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crspringernat:10.1007/s10018-020-00299-y 2023-05-15T13:13:37+02:00 The impact of lynx and wolf on roe deer hunting benefits in Sweden Elofsson, Katarina Häggmark, Tobias Naturvårdsverket Södertörn University 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10018-020-00299-y https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s10018-020-00299-y.pdf https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10018-020-00299-y/fulltext.html en eng Springer Science and Business Media LLC https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 CC-BY Environmental Economics and Policy Studies volume 23, issue 4, page 683-719 ISSN 1432-847X 1867-383X Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Economics and Econometrics journal-article 2021 crspringernat https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-020-00299-y 2022-01-04T09:53:51Z Abstract Large carnivores provide ecosystem and cultural benefits but also impose costs on hunters due to the competition for game. The aim of this paper was to identify the marginal impact of lynx ( Lynx lynx ) and wolf ( Canis lupus ) on the harvest of roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) in Sweden and the value of this impact. We applied a production function approach, using a bioeconomic model where the annual number of roe deer harvested was assumed to be determined by hunting effort, abundance of predators, availability of other game, and winter severity. The impact of the predators on the roe deer harvests was estimated econometrically, and carnivore marginal impacts were derived. The results showed that if the roe deer resource was harvested under open access, the marginal cost in terms of hunting values foregone varied between different counties, and ranged between 18,000 and 58,000 EUR for an additional lynx family, and 79,000 and 336,000 EUR for an additional wolf individual. Larger marginal costs of the wolf, in terms of the impact on roe deer hunting, were found in counties where the hunting effort was high and the abundance of moose (Alces alces) was low. If instead, hunters could exert private property rights to the resource, the average marginal cost was about 20% lower than it would have been if there was open access, and the difference in wolf impact between counties with high and low moose density was smaller. Together, results suggest that the current plan for expanding the wolf population in south Sweden can be associated with a substantial cost. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canis lupus Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Springer Nature (via Crossref) Environmental Economics and Policy Studies |
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Abstract Large carnivores provide ecosystem and cultural benefits but also impose costs on hunters due to the competition for game. The aim of this paper was to identify the marginal impact of lynx ( Lynx lynx ) and wolf ( Canis lupus ) on the harvest of roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ) in Sweden and the value of this impact. We applied a production function approach, using a bioeconomic model where the annual number of roe deer harvested was assumed to be determined by hunting effort, abundance of predators, availability of other game, and winter severity. The impact of the predators on the roe deer harvests was estimated econometrically, and carnivore marginal impacts were derived. The results showed that if the roe deer resource was harvested under open access, the marginal cost in terms of hunting values foregone varied between different counties, and ranged between 18,000 and 58,000 EUR for an additional lynx family, and 79,000 and 336,000 EUR for an additional wolf individual. Larger marginal costs of the wolf, in terms of the impact on roe deer hunting, were found in counties where the hunting effort was high and the abundance of moose (Alces alces) was low. If instead, hunters could exert private property rights to the resource, the average marginal cost was about 20% lower than it would have been if there was open access, and the difference in wolf impact between counties with high and low moose density was smaller. Together, results suggest that the current plan for expanding the wolf population in south Sweden can be associated with a substantial cost. |
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The impact of lynx and wolf on roe deer hunting benefits in Sweden |
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