Managing Predators to Protect Endangered Species and Promote Their Successful Reproduction
Predation critically threatens many rare species, with the deleterious impacts of predation losses compounded by habitat loss. Predators of endangered species are frequently invasive species or artificially over-abundant native species. Often, predation is most damaging to a species' ability to...
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DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln
2009
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| Online Access: | https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/icwdm_usdanwrc/900 https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/context/icwdm_usdanwrc/article/1900/viewcontent/Engeman_ESNR_2009_Managing_predators.pdf |
| Summary: | Predation critically threatens many rare species, with the deleterious impacts of predation losses compounded by habitat loss. Predators of endangered species are frequently invasive species or artificially over-abundant native species. Often, predation is most damaging to a species' ability to reproduce. We use examples from the tropics to the tundra with which we have been involved to demonstrate how predator management can be a highly effective and economically efficient means to protect populations of rare species and enhance their reproduction. |
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