Data from: Response of moose hunters to predation following wolf return in Sweden ...

• Main Authors: Wikenros, Camilla, Sand, Håkan, Bergström, Roger, Liberg, Olof, Chapron, Guillaume
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2016
• Subjects: Alces alces; Canis lupus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.kb699; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.kb699

Background: Predation and hunter harvest constitute the main mortality factors affecting the size and dynamics of many exploited populations. The re-colonization by wolves (Canis lupus) of the Scandinavian Peninsula may therefore substantially reduce hunter harvest of moose (Alces alces), the main prey of wolves. Methodology/Principal findings: We examined possible effects of wolf presence on hunter harvest in areas where we had data before and after wolf establishment (n = 25), and in additional areas that had been continuously exposed to wolf predation during at least ten years (n = 43). There was a general reduction in the total number of moose harvested (n = 31,827) during the ten year study period in all areas irrespective of presence of wolves or not. However, the reduction in hunter harvest was stronger within wolf territories compared to control areas without wolves. The reduction in harvest was larger in small (500-800 km2) compared to large (1,200-1,800 km2) wolf territories. In areas with newly ... : harvest_and_quotasIncludes data of harvest quotas and number of harvested moose. ...