Data from: Assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores
1. Illegal hunting of ungulates can reduce the prey base of carnivores, which can increase human-carnivore conflict (HCC) through livestock depredation. However, the relationship between ungulate poaching, wild prey abundance and livestock depredation has rarely been empirically studied. 2. We surve...
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ftdans:oai:easy.dans.knaw.nl:easy-dataset:117230 2023-07-02T03:31:56+02:00 Data from: Assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores Soofi, Mahmood Ghoddousi, Arash Zeppenfeld, Thorsten Shokri, Shirko Soufi, Mobin Egli, Lukas Jafari, Abbas Ahmadpour, Mohsen Qashqaei, Ali Ghadirian, Taher Filla, Marc Kiabi, Bahram Balkenhol, Niko Waltert, Matthias Khorozyan, Igor 2018-09-07T19:03:11.000+02:00 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-30-9ocx https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:117230 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.cb547fm/1 doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13266 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-30-9ocx doi:10.5061/dryad.cb547fm https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:117230 OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf Life sciences medicine and health care 2018 ftdans https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.cb547fm/110.1111/1365-2664.1326610.5061/dryad.cb547fm 2023-06-13T12:46:31Z 1. Illegal hunting of ungulates can reduce the prey base of carnivores, which can increase human-carnivore conflict (HCC) through livestock depredation. However, the relationship between ungulate poaching, wild prey abundance and livestock depredation has rarely been empirically studied. 2. We surveyed 18 sites across the Hyrcanian forest in northern Iran; a global biodiversity hotspot under pressure of illegal hunting of ungulates, prey depletion, livestock grazing and HCC. We conducted three field surveys across 1204 km in 93 4×4 km cells to count signs of ungulate poaching as well as encounters with livestock and prey species of the Persian leopard Panthera pardus saxicolor and the grey wolf Canis lupus. We documented sheep/goat and cattle depredation from interviews with 201 herders and analysed the effects of illegal hunting of ungulates, forest cover, IUCN categories of reserves, elevation, distance to villages, and wild prey and livestock encounter rates on carnivore depredation rates using generalized linear models. 3. Illegal hunting of ungulates was the most influential depredation predictor. An increase in the illegal hunting of ungulates by one sign/km significantly increased depredation by up to four times. We also found significantly lower levels of ungulate poaching in national parks (IUCN category II) compared to protected areas (V), wildlife refuges (IV) and no-hunting areas, though poaching signs were frequently found in most cells (58%). Encounters with livestock was inversely linked to wild prey species, but positively coupled with signs of ungulate poaching. 4. Synthesis and applications. Our study reveals that: (i) an increase in the intensity of illegal hunting of ungulates can intensify livestock depredation by carnivores; (ii) future efforts in reducing human-carnivore conflict (HCC) to acceptable levels require a combination of law enforcement, prey recovery approaches and mitigation measures; (iii) there is an urgent need to better understand the root causes of poaching of ungulates to ... Other/Unknown Material Canis lupus Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS): EASY (KNAW - Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen) |
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Life sciences medicine and health care Soofi, Mahmood Ghoddousi, Arash Zeppenfeld, Thorsten Shokri, Shirko Soufi, Mobin Egli, Lukas Jafari, Abbas Ahmadpour, Mohsen Qashqaei, Ali Ghadirian, Taher Filla, Marc Kiabi, Bahram Balkenhol, Niko Waltert, Matthias Khorozyan, Igor Data from: Assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores |
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1. Illegal hunting of ungulates can reduce the prey base of carnivores, which can increase human-carnivore conflict (HCC) through livestock depredation. However, the relationship between ungulate poaching, wild prey abundance and livestock depredation has rarely been empirically studied. 2. We surveyed 18 sites across the Hyrcanian forest in northern Iran; a global biodiversity hotspot under pressure of illegal hunting of ungulates, prey depletion, livestock grazing and HCC. We conducted three field surveys across 1204 km in 93 4×4 km cells to count signs of ungulate poaching as well as encounters with livestock and prey species of the Persian leopard Panthera pardus saxicolor and the grey wolf Canis lupus. We documented sheep/goat and cattle depredation from interviews with 201 herders and analysed the effects of illegal hunting of ungulates, forest cover, IUCN categories of reserves, elevation, distance to villages, and wild prey and livestock encounter rates on carnivore depredation rates using generalized linear models. 3. Illegal hunting of ungulates was the most influential depredation predictor. An increase in the illegal hunting of ungulates by one sign/km significantly increased depredation by up to four times. We also found significantly lower levels of ungulate poaching in national parks (IUCN category II) compared to protected areas (V), wildlife refuges (IV) and no-hunting areas, though poaching signs were frequently found in most cells (58%). Encounters with livestock was inversely linked to wild prey species, but positively coupled with signs of ungulate poaching. 4. Synthesis and applications. Our study reveals that: (i) an increase in the intensity of illegal hunting of ungulates can intensify livestock depredation by carnivores; (ii) future efforts in reducing human-carnivore conflict (HCC) to acceptable levels require a combination of law enforcement, prey recovery approaches and mitigation measures; (iii) there is an urgent need to better understand the root causes of poaching of ungulates to ... |
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Soofi, Mahmood Ghoddousi, Arash Zeppenfeld, Thorsten Shokri, Shirko Soufi, Mobin Egli, Lukas Jafari, Abbas Ahmadpour, Mohsen Qashqaei, Ali Ghadirian, Taher Filla, Marc Kiabi, Bahram Balkenhol, Niko Waltert, Matthias Khorozyan, Igor |
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Soofi, Mahmood Ghoddousi, Arash Zeppenfeld, Thorsten Shokri, Shirko Soufi, Mobin Egli, Lukas Jafari, Abbas Ahmadpour, Mohsen Qashqaei, Ali Ghadirian, Taher Filla, Marc Kiabi, Bahram Balkenhol, Niko Waltert, Matthias Khorozyan, Igor |
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Data from: Assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores |
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Data from: Assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores |
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Data from: Assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores |
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Data from: Assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores |
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data from: assessing the relationship between illegal hunting of ungulates, wild prey occurrence and livestock depredation rate by large carnivores |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.cb547fm/1 doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13266 http://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:nl:ui:13-30-9ocx doi:10.5061/dryad.cb547fm https://easy.dans.knaw.nl/ui/datasets/id/easy-dataset:117230 |
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OPEN_ACCESS: The data are archived in Easy, they are accessible elsewhere through the DOI https://dans.knaw.nl/en/about/organisation-and-policy/legal-information/DANSLicence.pdf |
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