Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale
Wildlife damage to human property threatens human-wildlife coexistence. Conflicts arising from wildlife damage in intensively managed landscapes often undermine conservation efforts, making damage mitigation and compensation of special concern for wildlife conservation. However, the mechanisms under...
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ftunivromairis:oai:iris.uniroma1.it:11573/906094 2024-04-14T08:20:43+00:00 Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale Carlos Bautista, Javier Naves, Eloy Revilla, Néstor Fernández, Jörg Albrecht, Anne K. Scharf, Robin Rigg, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Klemen Jerina, Djuro Huber, Santiago Palazón, Raido Kont, CIUCCI, Paolo Claudio Groff, Aleksandar Dutsov, Juan Seijas, Pierre Ives Quenette, Agnieszka Olszańska, Maryna Shkvyria, Michal Adamec, Janis Ozolins, Marko Jonozovič, Selva, Nuria Carlos, Bautista Javier, Nave Eloy, Revilla Néstor, Fernández Jörg, Albrecht Anne K., Scharf Robin, Rigg Alexandros A., Karamanlidi Klemen, Jerina Djuro, Huber Santiago, Palazón Raido, Kont Ciucci, Paolo Claudio, Groff Aleksandar, Dutsov Juan, Seija Pierre Ives, Quenette Agnieszka, Olszańska Maryna, Shkvyria Michal, Adamec Janis, Ozolin Marko, Jonozovič Selva, Nuria 2017 STAMPA http://hdl.handle.net/11573/906094 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12708 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12708/full eng eng British Ecological Society info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/wos/WOS:000393322600030 volume:54 issue:1 firstpage:282 lastpage:292 numberofpages:11 journal:JOURNAL OF APPLIED ECOLOGY http://hdl.handle.net/11573/906094 doi:10.1111/1365-2664.12708 info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/scopus/2-s2.0-84977137986 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2664.12708/full info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Brown bear Damage compensation schemes Depredation Human land use Human-wildlife coexistence Human-wildlife conflicts Large carnivore conservation Supplementary feeding Wildlife management info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2017 ftunivromairis https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12708 2024-03-21T19:02:58Z Wildlife damage to human property threatens human-wildlife coexistence. Conflicts arising from wildlife damage in intensively managed landscapes often undermine conservation efforts, making damage mitigation and compensation of special concern for wildlife conservation. However, the mechanisms underlying the occurrence of damage and claims at large scales are still poorly understood. Here, we investigated the patterns of damage caused by brown bears Ursus arctos and its ecological and socio-economic correlates at a continental scale. We compiled information about compensation schemes across 26 countries in Europe in 2005-2012 and analysed the variation in the number of compensated claims in relation to (i) bear abundance, (ii) forest availability, (iii) human land use, (iv) management practices and (v) indicators of economic wealth. Most European countries have a posteriori compensation schemes based on damage verification, which, in many cases, have operated for more than 30 years. On average, over 3200 claims of bear damage were compensated annually in Europe. The majority of claims were for damage to livestock (59%), distributed throughout the bear range, followed by damage to apiaries (21%) and agriculture (17%), mainly in Mediterranean and eastern European countries. The mean number of compensated claims per bear and year ranged from 0·1 in Estonia to 8·5 in Norway. This variation was not only due to the differences in compensation schemes; damage claims were less numerous in areas with supplementary feeding and with a high proportion of agricultural land. However, observed variation in compensated damage was not related to bear abundance. Synthesis and applications. Compensation schemes, management practices and human land use influence the number of claims for brown bear damage, while bear abundance does not. Policies that ignore this complexity and focus on a single factor, such as bear population size, may not be effective in reducing claims. To be effective, policies should be based on integrative ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Ursus arctos Sapienza Università di Roma: CINECA IRIS Norway Journal of Applied Ecology 54 1 282 292 |
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Brown bear Damage compensation schemes Depredation Human land use Human-wildlife coexistence Human-wildlife conflicts Large carnivore conservation Supplementary feeding Wildlife management Carlos Bautista, Javier Naves, Eloy Revilla, Néstor Fernández, Jörg Albrecht, Anne K. Scharf, Robin Rigg, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Klemen Jerina, Djuro Huber, Santiago Palazón, Raido Kont, CIUCCI, Paolo Claudio Groff, Aleksandar Dutsov, Juan Seijas, Pierre Ives Quenette, Agnieszka Olszańska, Maryna Shkvyria, Michal Adamec, Janis Ozolins, Marko Jonozovič, Selva, Nuria Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale |
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Wildlife damage to human property threatens human-wildlife coexistence. Conflicts arising from wildlife damage in intensively managed landscapes often undermine conservation efforts, making damage mitigation and compensation of special concern for wildlife conservation. However, the mechanisms underlying the occurrence of damage and claims at large scales are still poorly understood. Here, we investigated the patterns of damage caused by brown bears Ursus arctos and its ecological and socio-economic correlates at a continental scale. We compiled information about compensation schemes across 26 countries in Europe in 2005-2012 and analysed the variation in the number of compensated claims in relation to (i) bear abundance, (ii) forest availability, (iii) human land use, (iv) management practices and (v) indicators of economic wealth. Most European countries have a posteriori compensation schemes based on damage verification, which, in many cases, have operated for more than 30 years. On average, over 3200 claims of bear damage were compensated annually in Europe. The majority of claims were for damage to livestock (59%), distributed throughout the bear range, followed by damage to apiaries (21%) and agriculture (17%), mainly in Mediterranean and eastern European countries. The mean number of compensated claims per bear and year ranged from 0·1 in Estonia to 8·5 in Norway. This variation was not only due to the differences in compensation schemes; damage claims were less numerous in areas with supplementary feeding and with a high proportion of agricultural land. However, observed variation in compensated damage was not related to bear abundance. Synthesis and applications. Compensation schemes, management practices and human land use influence the number of claims for brown bear damage, while bear abundance does not. Policies that ignore this complexity and focus on a single factor, such as bear population size, may not be effective in reducing claims. To be effective, policies should be based on integrative ... |
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Carlos, Bautista Javier, Nave Eloy, Revilla Néstor, Fernández Jörg, Albrecht Anne K., Scharf Robin, Rigg Alexandros A., Karamanlidi Klemen, Jerina Djuro, Huber Santiago, Palazón Raido, Kont Ciucci, Paolo Claudio, Groff Aleksandar, Dutsov Juan, Seija Pierre Ives, Quenette Agnieszka, Olszańska Maryna, Shkvyria Michal, Adamec Janis, Ozolin Marko, Jonozovič Selva, Nuria |
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Carlos Bautista, Javier Naves, Eloy Revilla, Néstor Fernández, Jörg Albrecht, Anne K. Scharf, Robin Rigg, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Klemen Jerina, Djuro Huber, Santiago Palazón, Raido Kont, CIUCCI, Paolo Claudio Groff, Aleksandar Dutsov, Juan Seijas, Pierre Ives Quenette, Agnieszka Olszańska, Maryna Shkvyria, Michal Adamec, Janis Ozolins, Marko Jonozovič, Selva, Nuria |
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Carlos Bautista, Javier Naves, Eloy Revilla, Néstor Fernández, Jörg Albrecht, Anne K. Scharf, Robin Rigg, Alexandros A. Karamanlidis, Klemen Jerina, Djuro Huber, Santiago Palazón, Raido Kont, CIUCCI, Paolo Claudio Groff, Aleksandar Dutsov, Juan Seijas, Pierre Ives Quenette, Agnieszka Olszańska, Maryna Shkvyria, Michal Adamec, Janis Ozolins, Marko Jonozovič, Selva, Nuria |
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Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale |
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Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale |
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Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale |
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Patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale |
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patterns and correlates of claims for brown bear damage on a continental scale |
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