Data from: Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate
Predator-prey theory predicts that in the presence of multiple types of predators using a common prey, predator facilitation may result as a consequence of contrasting prey defense mechanisms, where reducing the risk from one predator increases the risk from the other. While predator facilitation is...
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ftdryad:oai:v1.datadryad.org:10255/dryad.162097 2023-05-15T18:50:26+02:00 Data from: Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate Gehr, Benedikt Hofer, Elizabeth J. Pewsner, Mirjam Ryser, Andreas Vimercati, Eric Vogt, Kristina Keller, Lukas F. Northwestern Swiss Alps 46.559905 N 7.513052 E Holocene 2017-11-27T22:53:35Z http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.162097 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5c793 unknown doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/2 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/3 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/4 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/5 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/6 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/7 doi:10.1002/ece3.3642 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793 Gehr B, Hofer EJ, Pewsner M, Ryser A, Vimercati E, Vogt K, Keller LF (2018) Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate. Ecology and Evolution 8(1): 109-119. http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.162097 Ecology predator-prey interaction roe deer Eurasian lynx Article 2017 ftdryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5c793 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5c793/1 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5c793/2 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5c793/3 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5c793/4 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5c793/5 https://doi.org/1 2020-01-01T15:59:31Z Predator-prey theory predicts that in the presence of multiple types of predators using a common prey, predator facilitation may result as a consequence of contrasting prey defense mechanisms, where reducing the risk from one predator increases the risk from the other. While predator facilitation is well established in natural predator-prey systems, little attention has been paid to situations where human hunters compete with natural predators for the same prey. Here, we investigate hunting-mediated predator facilitation in a hunter-predator-prey system. We found that hunter avoidance by roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) exposed them to increase predation risk by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Lynx responded by increasing their activity and predation on deer, providing evidence that superadditive hunting mortality may be occurring through predator facilitation. Our results reveal a new pathway through which human hunters, in their role as top predators, may affect species interactions at lower trophic levels and thus drive ecosystem processes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Dryad Digital Repository (Duke University) |
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Predator-prey theory predicts that in the presence of multiple types of predators using a common prey, predator facilitation may result as a consequence of contrasting prey defense mechanisms, where reducing the risk from one predator increases the risk from the other. While predator facilitation is well established in natural predator-prey systems, little attention has been paid to situations where human hunters compete with natural predators for the same prey. Here, we investigate hunting-mediated predator facilitation in a hunter-predator-prey system. We found that hunter avoidance by roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) exposed them to increase predation risk by Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx). Lynx responded by increasing their activity and predation on deer, providing evidence that superadditive hunting mortality may be occurring through predator facilitation. Our results reveal a new pathway through which human hunters, in their role as top predators, may affect species interactions at lower trophic levels and thus drive ecosystem processes. |
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Gehr, Benedikt Hofer, Elizabeth J. Pewsner, Mirjam Ryser, Andreas Vimercati, Eric Vogt, Kristina Keller, Lukas F. |
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Gehr, Benedikt Hofer, Elizabeth J. Pewsner, Mirjam Ryser, Andreas Vimercati, Eric Vogt, Kristina Keller, Lukas F. |
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Data from: Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate |
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Data from: Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate |
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Data from: Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate |
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Data from: Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate |
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Data from: Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate |
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data from: hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a european ungulate |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.162097 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.5c793 |
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Northwestern Swiss Alps 46.559905 N 7.513052 E Holocene |
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doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/1 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/2 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/3 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/4 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/5 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/6 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793/7 doi:10.1002/ece3.3642 doi:10.5061/dryad.5c793 Gehr B, Hofer EJ, Pewsner M, Ryser A, Vimercati E, Vogt K, Keller LF (2018) Hunting-mediated predator facilitation and superadditive mortality in a European ungulate. Ecology and Evolution 8(1): 109-119. http://hdl.handle.net/10255/dryad.162097 |
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