Managing Predators to Protect Endangered Species and Promote Their Successful Reproduction

• Main Authors: Engeman, Richard M., Constantin, Bernice, Gruver, Kenneth S., Ross, Corey
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln 2009
• Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Tundra
• 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

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.