Wildlife conflicts: wolves vs. moose

During the last few decades, the grey wolf (Canis lupus) has re-colonised Scandinavia. The current population counts some 430 individuals. With the wolf re-colonisation, several conflicts have arisen. One important conflict is due to wolf predation on moose (Alces alces). This conflict is studied un...

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Main Authors: Anders Skonhoft, Jan Tore Solstad
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Subjects:
Alces alces
Canis lupus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/erae/jbaa007
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spelling ftrepec:oai:RePEc:oup:erevae:v:47:y::i:5:p:1776-1802. 2024-04-14T08:00:31+00:00 Wildlife conflicts: wolves vs. moose Anders Skonhoft Jan Tore Solstad http://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/erae/jbaa007 unknown http://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/erae/jbaa007 article ftrepec 2024-03-19T10:37:51Z During the last few decades, the grey wolf (Canis lupus) has re-colonised Scandinavia. The current population counts some 430 individuals. With the wolf re-colonisation, several conflicts have arisen. One important conflict is due to wolf predation on moose (Alces alces). This conflict is studied under the assumption of landowner profit maximisation as well as routinised harvesting behaviour. The analysis emphasises how compensation for the predation loss affects landowner management and harvest profitability. The solutions to the landowner problems are also compared to the overall (social planner) management situation, where traffic costs due to moose–vehicle and railway collisions are included. wildlife, conflicts, external costs, bioeconomic modelling Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canis lupus RePEc (Research Papers in Economics)
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description During the last few decades, the grey wolf (Canis lupus) has re-colonised Scandinavia. The current population counts some 430 individuals. With the wolf re-colonisation, several conflicts have arisen. One important conflict is due to wolf predation on moose (Alces alces). This conflict is studied under the assumption of landowner profit maximisation as well as routinised harvesting behaviour. The analysis emphasises how compensation for the predation loss affects landowner management and harvest profitability. The solutions to the landowner problems are also compared to the overall (social planner) management situation, where traffic costs due to moose–vehicle and railway collisions are included. wildlife, conflicts, external costs, bioeconomic modelling
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author Anders Skonhoft
Jan Tore Solstad
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Wildlife conflicts: wolves vs. moose
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Jan Tore Solstad
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title Wildlife conflicts: wolves vs. moose
title_short Wildlife conflicts: wolves vs. moose
title_full Wildlife conflicts: wolves vs. moose
title_fullStr Wildlife conflicts: wolves vs. moose
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url http://hdl.handle.net/10.1093/erae/jbaa007
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Canis lupus
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Canis lupus
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