The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores
Livestock depredation by large carnivores entails economic damage to farmers in many parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare the costs of livestock depredation by carnivores across different carnivore species and regions. To this end, we estimate the government's com...
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ftslunivuppsala:oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:13304 2023-05-15T15:50:11+02:00 The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores Widman, Marit Elofsson, Katarina 2016 application/pdf https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/13304/ https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/13304/1/widman_m_elofsson_k_160426.pdf sv eng swe eng https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/13304/1/widman_m_elofsson_k_160426.pdf Widman, Marit and Elofsson, Katarina (2016). The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics <https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/4014.html>, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. Working paper series / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics 2016:05 [Report] Economics Ecology Report NonPeerReviewed 2016 ftslunivuppsala 2022-01-09T19:13:52Z Livestock depredation by large carnivores entails economic damage to farmers in many parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare the costs of livestock depredation by carnivores across different carnivore species and regions. To this end, we estimate the government's compensation cost function. This study uses Swedish data on the county level over the period of 2001 to 2013. Compensation costs due to depredation by three large carnivores are considered: the brown bear (Ursus arctos), the wolf (Canis lupus) and the lynx (Lynx lynx). The results indicate that the costs of compensation for depredation by wolves, lynx and brown bears are determined by the densities of predators and livestock, the amount of forest pasture and the stock of preventive measures. There are considerable differences in marginal costs between predator species and counties, which have implications for policy. Report Canis lupus Ursus arctos Lynx Lynx lynx lynx Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU): Epsilon Open Archive |
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Livestock depredation by large carnivores entails economic damage to farmers in many parts of the world. The aim of this paper is to analyse and compare the costs of livestock depredation by carnivores across different carnivore species and regions. To this end, we estimate the government's compensation cost function. This study uses Swedish data on the county level over the period of 2001 to 2013. Compensation costs due to depredation by three large carnivores are considered: the brown bear (Ursus arctos), the wolf (Canis lupus) and the lynx (Lynx lynx). The results indicate that the costs of compensation for depredation by wolves, lynx and brown bears are determined by the densities of predators and livestock, the amount of forest pasture and the stock of preventive measures. There are considerable differences in marginal costs between predator species and counties, which have implications for policy. |
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https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/13304/1/widman_m_elofsson_k_160426.pdf Widman, Marit and Elofsson, Katarina (2016). The costs of livestock depredation by large carnivores. Uppsala: (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Economics <https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/view/divisions/4014.html>, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet. Working paper series / Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Economics 2016:05 [Report] |
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