Patterns of brown bear damages on apiaries and management recommendations in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain
Large carnivores are often persecuted due to conflict with human activities, making their conservation in human-modified landscapes very challenging. Conflict-related scenarios are increasing worldwide, due to the expansion of human activities or to the recovery of carnivore populations. In general,...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/201993 2024-02-11T10:09:20+01:00 Patterns of brown bear damages on apiaries and management recommendations in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain Naves, Javier Ordiz, A. Fernández-Gil, Alberto Penteriani, Vincenzo Delgado, María del Mar López-Bao, José V. Revilla, Eloy Delibes, M. 2018 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/201993 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206733 unknown Public Library of Science Publisher's version http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206733 Sí doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0206733 issn: 1932-6203 PLoS ONE 13 (2018) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/201993 30485290 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2018 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206733 2024-01-16T10:49:06Z Large carnivores are often persecuted due to conflict with human activities, making their conservation in human-modified landscapes very challenging. Conflict-related scenarios are increasing worldwide, due to the expansion of human activities or to the recovery of carnivore populations. In general, brown bears Ursus arctos avoid humans and their settlements, but they may use some areas close to people or human infrastructures. Bear damages in human-modified landscapes may be related to the availability of food resources of human origin, such as beehives. However, the association of damage events with factors that may predispose bears to cause damages has rarely been investigated. We investigated bear damages to apiaries in the Cantabrian Mountains (Spain), an area with relatively high density of bears. We included spatial, temporal and environmental factors and damage prevention measures in our analyses, as factors that may influence the occurrence and intensity of damages. In 2006–2008, we located 61 apiaries, which included 435 beehives damaged in the study area (346 km). The probability of an apiary being attacked was positively related to both the intensity of the damage suffered the year before and the distance to the nearest damaged apiary, and negatively related to the number of prevention measures employed as well as the intensity of the damage suffered by the nearest damage apiary. The intensity of damage to apiaries was positively related to the size of the apiary and to vegetation cover in the surroundings, and negatively related to the number of human settlements. Minimizing the occurrence of bear damages to apiaries seems feasible by applying and maintaining proper prevention measures, especially before an attack occurs and selecting appropriate locations for beehives (e.g. away from forest areas). This applies to areas currently occupied by bears, and to neighbouring areas where dispersing individuals may expand their range. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) PLOS ONE 13 11 e0206733 |
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Large carnivores are often persecuted due to conflict with human activities, making their conservation in human-modified landscapes very challenging. Conflict-related scenarios are increasing worldwide, due to the expansion of human activities or to the recovery of carnivore populations. In general, brown bears Ursus arctos avoid humans and their settlements, but they may use some areas close to people or human infrastructures. Bear damages in human-modified landscapes may be related to the availability of food resources of human origin, such as beehives. However, the association of damage events with factors that may predispose bears to cause damages has rarely been investigated. We investigated bear damages to apiaries in the Cantabrian Mountains (Spain), an area with relatively high density of bears. We included spatial, temporal and environmental factors and damage prevention measures in our analyses, as factors that may influence the occurrence and intensity of damages. In 2006–2008, we located 61 apiaries, which included 435 beehives damaged in the study area (346 km). The probability of an apiary being attacked was positively related to both the intensity of the damage suffered the year before and the distance to the nearest damaged apiary, and negatively related to the number of prevention measures employed as well as the intensity of the damage suffered by the nearest damage apiary. The intensity of damage to apiaries was positively related to the size of the apiary and to vegetation cover in the surroundings, and negatively related to the number of human settlements. Minimizing the occurrence of bear damages to apiaries seems feasible by applying and maintaining proper prevention measures, especially before an attack occurs and selecting appropriate locations for beehives (e.g. away from forest areas). This applies to areas currently occupied by bears, and to neighbouring areas where dispersing individuals may expand their range. |
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Naves, Javier Ordiz, A. Fernández-Gil, Alberto Penteriani, Vincenzo Delgado, María del Mar López-Bao, José V. Revilla, Eloy Delibes, M. |
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Naves, Javier Ordiz, A. Fernández-Gil, Alberto Penteriani, Vincenzo Delgado, María del Mar López-Bao, José V. Revilla, Eloy Delibes, M. Patterns of brown bear damages on apiaries and management recommendations in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain |
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Naves, Javier Ordiz, A. Fernández-Gil, Alberto Penteriani, Vincenzo Delgado, María del Mar López-Bao, José V. Revilla, Eloy Delibes, M. |
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Patterns of brown bear damages on apiaries and management recommendations in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain |
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Patterns of brown bear damages on apiaries and management recommendations in the Cantabrian Mountains, Spain |
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