Military training areas facilitate the recolonization of wolves in Germany

• Published in: Conservation Letters
• Main Authors: Reinhardt, Ilka, Kluth, Gesa, Nowak, Carsten, Szentiks, Claudia A., Krone, Oliver, Ansorge, Hermann, Mueller, Thomas
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: population growth; recolonization; Canis lupus; large carnivores; protected areas; Stepping Stones
• Online Access: https://repository.publisso.de/resource/frl:6419324; https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12635; https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12635#support-information-section

Wolves (Canis lupus) are currently showing a remarkable comeback in the highly fragmented cultural landscapes of Germany. We here show that wolf numbers increased exponentially between 2000 and 2015 with an annual increase of about 36%. We demonstrate that the first territories in each newly coloniz...