Data from: Evaluating the effects of wolf culling on livestock predation when considering wolf population dynamics in an individual-based model ...

• Main Authors: Grente, Oksana, Bauduin, Sarah, Santostasi, Nina Luisa, Chamaillé-Jammes, Simon, Duchamp, Christophe, Drouet-Hoguet, Nolwenn, Gimenez, Olivier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2024
• Subjects: Individual Based Model; Canis lupus; culling
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10880666; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.10880666

The efficiency of the management of predations on livestock by gray wolves (Canis lupus) through culling is under debate. Evaluating wolf culling efficiency requires to simultaneously analyze the effects of culling on the wolf population and the repercussions of these population changes on livestock predation. This protocol is technically difficult to implement in the field. To properly assess culling efficiency, we provided an integrated and flexible individual-based model that simulated interactions between wolf population dynamics, predation behavior and culling management. We considered many social processes in wolves. We calibrated the model to match the Western Alps as a case study. By considering the prey community in this area and the opportunistic nature of wolf predation, we assumed that predation on livestock at the wolf territory level increased with pack's food needs. Under this assumption and considering livestock availability as high and livestock vulnerability as uniform in space and time, ... : Funding provided by: Office Français de la BiodiversitéROR ID: https://ror.org/04f5ctv63Award Number: ...