Wildlife population changes across Eastern Europe after the collapse of socialism
When political regimes fall, economic conditions change and wildlife protection can be undermined. Eastern European countries experienced turmoil following the collapse of socialism in the early 1990s, raising the question of how wildlife was affected. We show that the aftermath of the collapse chan...
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crwiley:10.1002/fee.1770 2024-09-15T17:36:14+00:00 Wildlife population changes across Eastern Europe after the collapse of socialism Bragina, Eugenia V Ives, Anthony R Pidgeon, Anna M Balčiauskas, Linas Csányi, Sándor Khoyetskyy, Pavlo Kysucká, Katarina Lieskovsky, Juraj Ozolins, Janis Randveer, Tiit Štych, Přemysl Volokh, Anatoliy Zhelev, Chavdar Ziółkowska, Elzbieta Radeloff, Volker C National Science Foundation Slovenská Akadémia Vied 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/fee.1770 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Ffee.1770 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/fee.1770 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full-xml/10.1002/fee.1770 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/am-pdf/10.1002/fee.1770 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/fee.1770 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#am http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment volume 16, issue 2, page 77-81 ISSN 1540-9295 1540-9309 journal-article 2018 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.1770 2024-07-18T04:24:35Z When political regimes fall, economic conditions change and wildlife protection can be undermined. Eastern European countries experienced turmoil following the collapse of socialism in the early 1990s, raising the question of how wildlife was affected. We show that the aftermath of the collapse changed the population growth rates of various wildlife taxa. We analyzed populations of moose ( Alces alces ), wild boar ( Sus scrofa ), red deer ( Cervus elaphus ), roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), brown bear ( Ursus arctos ), Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ), and gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) in nine countries. Population growth rates changed in 32 out of 49 time series. In the countries that reformed slowly, many species exhibited rapid population declines, and population growth rates changed in 83% of the time series. In contrast, in countries with fast post‐socialism reforms, many populations increased rapidly, and growth rates changed in only 48% of time series. Our results suggest that the direction and frequency of the changes were associated with socioeconomic conditions, and that wildlife populations can be greatly affected by socioeconomic upheavals. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canis lupus gray wolf Ursus arctos Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Wiley Online Library Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 16 2 77 81 |
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When political regimes fall, economic conditions change and wildlife protection can be undermined. Eastern European countries experienced turmoil following the collapse of socialism in the early 1990s, raising the question of how wildlife was affected. We show that the aftermath of the collapse changed the population growth rates of various wildlife taxa. We analyzed populations of moose ( Alces alces ), wild boar ( Sus scrofa ), red deer ( Cervus elaphus ), roe deer ( Capreolus capreolus ), brown bear ( Ursus arctos ), Eurasian lynx ( Lynx lynx ), and gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) in nine countries. Population growth rates changed in 32 out of 49 time series. In the countries that reformed slowly, many species exhibited rapid population declines, and population growth rates changed in 83% of the time series. In contrast, in countries with fast post‐socialism reforms, many populations increased rapidly, and growth rates changed in only 48% of time series. Our results suggest that the direction and frequency of the changes were associated with socioeconomic conditions, and that wildlife populations can be greatly affected by socioeconomic upheavals. |
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Bragina, Eugenia V Ives, Anthony R Pidgeon, Anna M Balčiauskas, Linas Csányi, Sándor Khoyetskyy, Pavlo Kysucká, Katarina Lieskovsky, Juraj Ozolins, Janis Randveer, Tiit Štych, Přemysl Volokh, Anatoliy Zhelev, Chavdar Ziółkowska, Elzbieta Radeloff, Volker C |
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Bragina, Eugenia V Ives, Anthony R Pidgeon, Anna M Balčiauskas, Linas Csányi, Sándor Khoyetskyy, Pavlo Kysucká, Katarina Lieskovsky, Juraj Ozolins, Janis Randveer, Tiit Štych, Přemysl Volokh, Anatoliy Zhelev, Chavdar Ziółkowska, Elzbieta Radeloff, Volker C Wildlife population changes across Eastern Europe after the collapse of socialism |
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Bragina, Eugenia V Ives, Anthony R Pidgeon, Anna M Balčiauskas, Linas Csányi, Sándor Khoyetskyy, Pavlo Kysucká, Katarina Lieskovsky, Juraj Ozolins, Janis Randveer, Tiit Štych, Přemysl Volokh, Anatoliy Zhelev, Chavdar Ziółkowska, Elzbieta Radeloff, Volker C |
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Wildlife population changes across Eastern Europe after the collapse of socialism |
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Wildlife population changes across Eastern Europe after the collapse of socialism |
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Wildlife population changes across Eastern Europe after the collapse of socialism |
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