Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities.
The desire to see free ranging large carnivores in their natural habitat is a driver of tourism in protected areas around the globe. However, large carnivores are wide-ranging and subject to human-caused mortality outside protected area boundaries. The impact of harvest (trapping or hunting) on wild...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:28754abdff6d462590fe8c17c204560d 2023-05-15T15:50:52+02:00 Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities. Bridget L Borg Stephen M Arthur Nicholas A Bromen Kira A Cassidy Rick McIntyre Douglas W Smith Laura R Prugh 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153808 https://doaj.org/article/28754abdff6d462590fe8c17c204560d EN eng Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4849653?pdf=render https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203 1932-6203 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0153808 https://doaj.org/article/28754abdff6d462590fe8c17c204560d PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 4, p e0153808 (2016) Medicine R Science Q article 2016 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0153808 2022-12-31T04:24:20Z The desire to see free ranging large carnivores in their natural habitat is a driver of tourism in protected areas around the globe. However, large carnivores are wide-ranging and subject to human-caused mortality outside protected area boundaries. The impact of harvest (trapping or hunting) on wildlife viewing opportunities has been the subject of intense debate and speculation, but quantitative analyses have been lacking. We examined the effect of legal harvest of wolves (Canis lupus) along the boundaries of two North American National Parks, Denali (DNPP) and Yellowstone (YNP), on wolf viewing opportunities within the parks during peak tourist season. We used data on wolf sightings, pack sizes, den site locations, and harvest adjacent to DNPP from 1997-2013 and YNP from 2008-2013 to evaluate the relationship between harvest and wolf viewing opportunities. Although sightings were largely driven by wolf population size and proximity of den sites to roads, sightings in both parks were significantly reduced by harvest. Sightings in YNP increased by 45% following years with no harvest of a wolf from a pack, and sightings in DNPP were more than twice as likely during a period with a harvest buffer zone than in years without the buffer. These findings show that harvest of wolves adjacent to protected areas can reduce sightings within those areas despite minimal impacts on the size of protected wolf populations. Consumptive use of carnivores adjacent to protected areas may therefore reduce their potential for non-consumptive use, and these tradeoffs should be considered when developing regional wildlife management policies. Article in Journal/Newspaper Canis lupus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles PLOS ONE 11 4 e0153808 |
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The desire to see free ranging large carnivores in their natural habitat is a driver of tourism in protected areas around the globe. However, large carnivores are wide-ranging and subject to human-caused mortality outside protected area boundaries. The impact of harvest (trapping or hunting) on wildlife viewing opportunities has been the subject of intense debate and speculation, but quantitative analyses have been lacking. We examined the effect of legal harvest of wolves (Canis lupus) along the boundaries of two North American National Parks, Denali (DNPP) and Yellowstone (YNP), on wolf viewing opportunities within the parks during peak tourist season. We used data on wolf sightings, pack sizes, den site locations, and harvest adjacent to DNPP from 1997-2013 and YNP from 2008-2013 to evaluate the relationship between harvest and wolf viewing opportunities. Although sightings were largely driven by wolf population size and proximity of den sites to roads, sightings in both parks were significantly reduced by harvest. Sightings in YNP increased by 45% following years with no harvest of a wolf from a pack, and sightings in DNPP were more than twice as likely during a period with a harvest buffer zone than in years without the buffer. These findings show that harvest of wolves adjacent to protected areas can reduce sightings within those areas despite minimal impacts on the size of protected wolf populations. Consumptive use of carnivores adjacent to protected areas may therefore reduce their potential for non-consumptive use, and these tradeoffs should be considered when developing regional wildlife management policies. |
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Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities. |
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Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities. |
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Implications of Harvest on the Boundaries of Protected Areas for Large Carnivore Viewing Opportunities. |
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