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Wildlife damage to human property threatens human–wildlife coexistence. Conflicts arising from wildlife damage in intensively managed landscapes often undermine conservation efforts, making damage mitigation and compensation of special concern for wildlife conservation. However, the mechanisms under...

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Main Authors: Bautista, Carlos, Naves, Javier, Revilla, Eloy, Fernández, Néstor, Albrecht, Jörg, Scharf, Anne K., Rigg, Robin, Karamanlidis, Alexandros A., Jerina, Klemen, Huber, Djuro, Palazón, Santiago, Kont, Raido, Ciucci, Paolo, Groff, Claudio, Dutsov, Aleksandar, Seijas, Juan, Quenette, Pierre-Ives, Olszańska, Agnieszka, Shkvyria, Maryna, Adamec, Michal, Ozolins, Janis, Jonozovič, Marko, Selva, Nuria
Format: Dataset
Language:English
Published: Dryad 2017
Subjects:
human land use
large carnivore conservation
Wildlife Management
human–wildlife conflicts
Carnivora
Ursus arctos
supplementary feeding
Europe
human–wildlife coexistence
brown bear
damage compensation scheme
depredation
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.7v11h
https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.7v11h
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Summary:Wildlife damage to human property threatens human–wildlife coexistence. Conflicts arising from wildlife damage in intensively managed landscapes often undermine conservation efforts, making damage mitigation and compensation of special concern for wildlife conservation. However, the mechanisms underlying the occurrence of damage and claims at large scales are still poorly understood. Here, we investigated the patterns of damage caused by brown bears Ursus arctos and its ecological and socio-economic correlates at a continental scale. We compiled information about compensation schemes across 26 countries in Europe in 2005–2012 and analysed the variation in the number of compensated claims in relation to (i) bear abundance, (ii) forest availability, (iii) human land use, (iv) management practices and (v) indicators of economic wealth. Most European countries have a posteriori compensation schemes based on damage verification, which, in many cases, have operated for more than 30 years. On average, over 3200 ... : bear_damage_europe-DataNumber of compensated claims for brown bear damage in Europe obtained from national and regional wildlife agencies and published literature and reports, as well as from researchers and practitioners. The file also contains environmental and socioeconomic information of each of the study sites. ...

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