Large carnivore expansion in Europe is associated with human population density and land cover changes ...

Aim: The recent recovery of large carnivores in Europe has been explained as resulting from a decrease in human persecution driven by widespread rural land abandonment, paralleled by forest cover increase and the consequent increase in availability of shelter and prey. We investigated whether land c...

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Main Authors: Cimatti, Marta, Ranc, Nathan, Ana Benítez-López, Ana, Maiorano, Luigi, Boitani, Luigi, Cagnacci, Francesca, Čengić, Mirza, Ciucci, Paolo, Huijbregts, Mark, Krofel, Miha, López Bao, José, Selva, Nuria, Andren, Henrik, Bautista, Carlos, Cirovic, Duško, Hemmingmoore, Heather, Reinhardt, Ilka, Marenče, Miha, Mertzanis, Yorgos, Pedrotti, Luca, Trbojević, Igor, Zetterberg, Andreas, Zwijacz-Kozica, Tomasz, Santini, Luca
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Dryad 2020
Subjects:
Canis lupus
Ursus arctos
Lynx
Lynx lynx lynx
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3n5tb2rg0
https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.3n5tb2rg0
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Summary:Aim: The recent recovery of large carnivores in Europe has been explained as resulting from a decrease in human persecution driven by widespread rural land abandonment, paralleled by forest cover increase and the consequent increase in availability of shelter and prey. We investigated whether land cover and human population density changes are related to the relative probability of occurrence of three European large carnivores: the grey wolf (Canis lupus), the Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) and the brown bear (Ursus arctos). Location: Europe, west of 64° longitude. Methods: We fitted multi-temporal species distribution models using >50,000 occurrence points with time series of land cover, landscape configuration, protected areas, hunting regulations, and human population density covering a 24-year period (1992-2015). Within the temporal window considered, we then predicted changes in habitat suitability for large carnivores throughout Europe. Results: Between 1992 and 2015, the habitat suitability for the ... : This dataset cointains occurence points of grey wolf, Eurasian lynx and brown bear and the R code to reproduce the analysis . It comprehend occurrence data for the three species from both published (see Appendix S1) and unpublished datasets provided by several coauthors (HA, CB, FC, DC, PC, MK, MM, YM, LP, NS, JLB, IT, AZ, TZ-K). ...

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