Humans as Prey: Coping with Large Carnivore Attacks using a Predator-Prey Interaction Perspective

• Main Authors: Vincenzo Penteriani, Giulia Bombieri, José María Fedriani, José Vicente López-Bao, Pedro José Garrote, Luca Francesco Russo, María del Mar Delgado
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Utah State University 2017
• Subjects: bear; canis latrans; canis lupus; cougar; coyote; grey wolf; human-wildlife conflicts; large carnivores; predation; predator-prey interactions; puma concolor; ursus americanus; ursus arctos horribilis; ursus maritimus; envir; psy; Lone; Canis lupus; Ursus arctos; Ursus maritimus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26077/dpyb-q611; https://doaj.org/article/98c5bbe51f8747c2b965d8e0a7e2d5b9

The number of attacks on humans by large carnivores in North America is increasing. A better understanding the factors triggering such attacks is critical to mitigating the risk of future encounters in landscape where humans and large carnivore co-exist. Since 1955, of the 632 attacks on humans by l...