Response of Moose Hunters to Predation following Wolf Return in Sweden
Background Predation and hunter harvest constitute the main mortality factors affecting the size and dynamics of many exploited populations. The re-colonization by wolves (Canis lupus) of the Scandinavian Peninsula may therefore substantially reduce hunter harvest of moose (Alces alces), the main pr...
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Background Predation and hunter harvest constitute the main mortality factors affecting the size and dynamics of many exploited populations. The re-colonization by wolves (Canis lupus) of the Scandinavian Peninsula may therefore substantially reduce hunter harvest of moose (Alces alces), the main prey of wolves. Methodology/principal findings We examined possible effects of wolf presence on hunter harvest in areas where we had data before and after wolf establishment (n = 25), and in additional areas that had been continuously exposed to wolf predation during at least ten years (n = 43). There was a general reduction in the total number of moose harvested (n = 31,827) during the ten year study period in all areas irrespective of presence of wolves or not. However, the reduction in hunter harvest was stronger within wolf territories compared to control areas without wolves. The reduction in harvest was larger in small (500-800 km2) compared to large (1,200-1,800 km2) wolf territories. In areas with newly established wolf territories moose management appeared to be adaptive with regard to both managers (hunting quotas) and to hunters (actual harvest). In these areas an instant reduction in moose harvest over-compensated the estimated number of moose killed annually by wolves and the composition of the hunted animals changed towards a lower proportion of adult females. Conclusions/significance We show that the re-colonization of wolves may result in an almost instant functional response by another large predator-humans-that reduced the potential for a direct numerical effect on the density of wolves' main prey, the moose. Because most of the worlds' habitat that will be available for future colonization by large predators are likely to be strongly influenced by humans, human behavioural responses may constitute a key trait that govern the impact of large predators on their prey. |
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Olof Liberg Guillaume Chapron Håkan Sand Camilla Wikenros Roger Bergström |
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Response of Moose Hunters to Predation following Wolf Return in Sweden |
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Response of Moose Hunters to Predation following Wolf Return in Sweden |
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Response of Moose Hunters to Predation following Wolf Return in Sweden |
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Response of Moose Hunters to Predation following Wolf Return in Sweden |
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Response of Moose Hunters to Predation following Wolf Return in Sweden |
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response of moose hunters to predation following wolf return in sweden |
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fttriple:oai:gotriple.eu:50|dedup_wf_001::7ac53c234fd7d7ad75315d93d8d74999 2023-05-15T13:13:40+02:00 Response of Moose Hunters to Predation following Wolf Return in Sweden Olof Liberg Guillaume Chapron Håkan Sand Camilla Wikenros Roger Bergström 2015-04-08 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 https://doaj.org/article/9a57ce2c9bd147e3bdbe96dfe2736b40 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119957&type=printable https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853570 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4390345 https://core.ac.uk/display/84056542 http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015PLoSO.1019957W/abstract https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/13083/ https://paperity.org/p/61771673/response-of-moose-hunters-to-predation-following-wolf-return-in-sweden https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2083589894 undefined unknown Public Library of Science (PLoS) http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 https://doaj.org/article/9a57ce2c9bd147e3bdbe96dfe2736b40 http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119957&type=printable https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25853570 http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4390345 https://core.ac.uk/display/84056542 http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015PLoSO.1019957W/abstract https://pub.epsilon.slu.se/13083/ https://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 https://paperity.org/p/61771673/response-of-moose-hunters-to-predation-following-wolf-return-in-sweden https://academic.microsoft.com/#/detail/2083589894 lic_creative-commons 10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 oai:pub.epsilon.slu.se:13083 oai:doaj.org/article:9a57ce2c9bd147e3bdbe96dfe2736b40 2083589894 25853570 oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:4390345 10|openaire____::9e3be59865b2c1c335d32dae2fe7b254 10|openaire____::55045bd2a65019fd8e6741a755395c8c 10|opendoar____::41bfd20a38bb1b0bec75acf0845530a7 10|driver______::bee53aa31dc2cbb538c10c2b65fa5824 10|doajarticles::830e55b42c4aaa815c19cfa4f2e5855e 10|openaire____::081b82f96300b6a6e3d282bad31cb6e2 10|openaire____::8ac8380272269217cb09a928c8caa993 10|openaire____::5f532a3fc4f1ea403f37070f59a7a53a 10|opendoar____::8b6dd7db9af49e67306feb59a8bdc52c 10|openaire____::96c67b8f18814e8428a958028cf5bcc1 10|opendoar____::eda80a3d5b344bc40f3bc04f65b7a357 Zoology Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (Peace and Conflict Research and Studies on Sustainable Society) Research Article envir demo Journal Article https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_6501/ Conference Output https://vocabularies.coar-repositories.org/resource_types/c_c94f/ 2015 fttriple https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0119957 2023-01-22T16:50:49Z Background Predation and hunter harvest constitute the main mortality factors affecting the size and dynamics of many exploited populations. The re-colonization by wolves (Canis lupus) of the Scandinavian Peninsula may therefore substantially reduce hunter harvest of moose (Alces alces), the main prey of wolves. Methodology/principal findings We examined possible effects of wolf presence on hunter harvest in areas where we had data before and after wolf establishment (n = 25), and in additional areas that had been continuously exposed to wolf predation during at least ten years (n = 43). There was a general reduction in the total number of moose harvested (n = 31,827) during the ten year study period in all areas irrespective of presence of wolves or not. However, the reduction in hunter harvest was stronger within wolf territories compared to control areas without wolves. The reduction in harvest was larger in small (500-800 km2) compared to large (1,200-1,800 km2) wolf territories. In areas with newly established wolf territories moose management appeared to be adaptive with regard to both managers (hunting quotas) and to hunters (actual harvest). In these areas an instant reduction in moose harvest over-compensated the estimated number of moose killed annually by wolves and the composition of the hunted animals changed towards a lower proportion of adult females. Conclusions/significance We show that the re-colonization of wolves may result in an almost instant functional response by another large predator-humans-that reduced the potential for a direct numerical effect on the density of wolves' main prey, the moose. Because most of the worlds' habitat that will be available for future colonization by large predators are likely to be strongly influenced by humans, human behavioural responses may constitute a key trait that govern the impact of large predators on their prey. Article in Journal/Newspaper Alces alces Canis lupus Unknown PLOS ONE 10 4 e0119957 |