Lethal interactions among forest‐grouse predators are numerous, motivated by hunger and carcasses, and their impacts determined by the demographic value of the victims ...
New vertebrate communities are emerging in Europe following the recovery of multiple native predators to highly anthropized landscapes where predator control is still prevalent. While the lack of reference points for these communities creates novel challenges for conservationists and wildlife manage...
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| Language: | English |
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Dryad
2021
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.79cnp5hvb https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.79cnp5hvb |
| Summary: | New vertebrate communities are emerging in Europe following the recovery of multiple native predators to highly anthropized landscapes where predator control is still prevalent. While the lack of reference points for these communities creates novel challenges for conservationists and wildlife managers, they also provide opportunities to further our understanding of species interactions. Despite a growing body of evidence, many aspects of interactions among predators remain poorly understood, impairing our ability to anticipate the effects of such changes in predator communities. Through a systematic literature review, we gathered all the available evidence concerning the existence, strength, and demographic impacts of lethal predator interactions among forest grouse predators in Europe. We found a highly interconnected predator community, with 44 pairwise lethal interactions among 12 taxa. Three of these resulted in some degree of population suppression of the victim, while another three did not. However, ... : We retrieved articles, book chapters and reports published up to July 2019 and available online that addressed interactions amongst forest grouse predators in Europe. We used electronic database search engines (Web of Science, Google Scholar, ResearchGate) for two searches. The first sought to review predator’s diet and detect instances of intraguild predation, while the second sought to document the strength and impact of such interactions. The first was structured as “predator and diet” using the following search terms for predator: “lynx”, “red fox”, “golden eagle”, “eagle owl”, “goshawk”, “buzzard” and “pine marten”. The diet of the smallest predator taxa (diurnal raptors, owls, corvids, stoats and weasels) was not reviewed but instances of intraguild predation by these predators were included if available. The second search was structured as “predatorA AND predatorB AND type of interaction”, where the type of interaction was a combination of: “intraguild”, “predation”, “killing”, “suppression”, ... |
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