Consensus on Criteria for Potential Areas for Wolf Reintroduction in Mexico
Given the conflict with human interests that in many cases results in the extirpation of large carnivores, acceptance of their reintroduction is a considerable challenge. By the 1980s Mexican wolves (Canis lupus) were extinct in the wild. In 1998 a population was reintroduced in the Blue Range Mount...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/67254 2024-02-11T10:02:48+01:00 Consensus on Criteria for Potential Areas for Wolf Reintroduction in Mexico Araiza, M. Carrillo, Luis List, R. González, C.A.L. Martínez-Gutiérrez, Patricia G. Moctezuma, O. Sánchez-Morales, N. Servín, Jorge 2012 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/67254 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01888.x en eng Blackwell Publishing doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01888.x issn: 0888-8892 Conservation Biology 26: 630- 637 (2012) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/67254 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2012 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01888.x 2024-01-16T09:45:41Z Given the conflict with human interests that in many cases results in the extirpation of large carnivores, acceptance of their reintroduction is a considerable challenge. By the 1980s Mexican wolves (Canis lupus) were extinct in the wild. In 1998 a population was reintroduced in the Blue Range Mountains of New Mexico (U.S.A.). Efforts to reintroduce the species in Mexico have been ongoing since the late 1980s. Four teams working independently identified 6 areas in northern Mexico in the historic range of Mexican wolves, where reintroductions could potentially be successful. Each team used different methods and criteria to identify the areas, which makes it difficult to prioritize among these areas. Therefore, members of the different teams worked together to devise criteria for use in identifying priority areas. They identified areas with high, intermediate, and low potential levels of conflict between wolves and humans. Areas with low potential conflict had larger buffers (i.e., distance from human settlement to areas suitable for wolves) around human settlements than high- and intermediate-conflict areas and thus were thought most appropriate for the first reintroduction. High-conflict areas contained habitat associated with wolf presence, but were closer to human activity. The first reintroduction of Mexican wolves to Mexico occurred in October 2011 in one of the identified low-conflict areas. The identification of suitable areas for reintroduction represents a crucial step in the process toward the restoration of large carnivores. Choice of the first reintroduction area can determine whether the reintroduction is successful or fails. A failure may preclude future reintroduction efforts in a region or country. © 2012 Society for Conservation Biology. Peer Reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Conservation Biology 26 4 630 637 |
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Given the conflict with human interests that in many cases results in the extirpation of large carnivores, acceptance of their reintroduction is a considerable challenge. By the 1980s Mexican wolves (Canis lupus) were extinct in the wild. In 1998 a population was reintroduced in the Blue Range Mountains of New Mexico (U.S.A.). Efforts to reintroduce the species in Mexico have been ongoing since the late 1980s. Four teams working independently identified 6 areas in northern Mexico in the historic range of Mexican wolves, where reintroductions could potentially be successful. Each team used different methods and criteria to identify the areas, which makes it difficult to prioritize among these areas. Therefore, members of the different teams worked together to devise criteria for use in identifying priority areas. They identified areas with high, intermediate, and low potential levels of conflict between wolves and humans. Areas with low potential conflict had larger buffers (i.e., distance from human settlement to areas suitable for wolves) around human settlements than high- and intermediate-conflict areas and thus were thought most appropriate for the first reintroduction. High-conflict areas contained habitat associated with wolf presence, but were closer to human activity. The first reintroduction of Mexican wolves to Mexico occurred in October 2011 in one of the identified low-conflict areas. The identification of suitable areas for reintroduction represents a crucial step in the process toward the restoration of large carnivores. Choice of the first reintroduction area can determine whether the reintroduction is successful or fails. A failure may preclude future reintroduction efforts in a region or country. © 2012 Society for Conservation Biology. Peer Reviewed |
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Araiza, M. Carrillo, Luis List, R. González, C.A.L. Martínez-Gutiérrez, Patricia G. Moctezuma, O. Sánchez-Morales, N. Servín, Jorge Consensus on Criteria for Potential Areas for Wolf Reintroduction in Mexico |
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Consensus on Criteria for Potential Areas for Wolf Reintroduction in Mexico |
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Consensus on Criteria for Potential Areas for Wolf Reintroduction in Mexico |
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