Environmental impact assessment for large carnivores: a methodological review of the wolf (Canis lupus) monitoring in Portugal
The continuous growth of the global human population results in increased use and change of landscapes, with infrastructures like transportation or energy facilities, being a particular risk to large carnivores. Environmental Impact Assessments were established to identify the probable environmental...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:10953104 2024-09-15T18:01:25+00:00 Environmental impact assessment for large carnivores: a methodological review of the wolf (Canis lupus) monitoring in Portugal Ferrão da Costa, Gonçalo Mascarenhas, Miguel Fonseca, Carlos Sutherland, Chris 2024-04-19 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10953104 unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t1g1jwt87 https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10953103 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10953104 oai:zenodo.org:10953104 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode Wolves Environmental impacts Research monitoring info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2024 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1095310410.5061/dryad.t1g1jwt8710.5281/zenodo.10953103 2024-07-26T22:16:30Z The continuous growth of the global human population results in increased use and change of landscapes, with infrastructures like transportation or energy facilities, being a particular risk to large carnivores. Environmental Impact Assessments were established to identify the probable environmental consequences of any new proposed project, find ways to reduce impacts, and provide evidence to inform decision making and mitigation. Portugal has a wolf population of around 300 individuals, designated as an endangered species with full legal protection. They occupy the northern mountainous areas of the country which has also been the focus of new human infrastructures over the last 20 years. Consequently, dozens of wolf monitoring programs have been established to evaluate wolf population status, to identify impacts, and to inform appropriate mitigation or compensation measures. We reviewed Portuguese wolf monitoring programs to answer four key questions: do wolf programs examine adequate biological parameters to meet monitoring objectives? is the study design suitable for measuring impacts? are data collection methods and effort sufficient for the stated inference objectives? and do statistical analyses of the data lead to robust conclusions? Overall, we found a mismatch between the stated aims of wolf monitoring and the results reported, and often neither aligns with the existing national wolf monitoring guidelines. Despite the vast effort expended and the diversity of methods used, data analysis makes almost exclusive use of relative indices or summary statistics, with little consideration of the potential biases that arise through the (imperfect) observational process. This makes comparisons of impacts across space and time difficult and is therefore unlikely to contribute to a general understanding of wolf responses to infrastructure-related disturbance. We recommend the development of standardized monitoring protocols and advocate for the use of statistical methods that account for imperfect detection to ... Other/Unknown Material Canis lupus Zenodo |
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The continuous growth of the global human population results in increased use and change of landscapes, with infrastructures like transportation or energy facilities, being a particular risk to large carnivores. Environmental Impact Assessments were established to identify the probable environmental consequences of any new proposed project, find ways to reduce impacts, and provide evidence to inform decision making and mitigation. Portugal has a wolf population of around 300 individuals, designated as an endangered species with full legal protection. They occupy the northern mountainous areas of the country which has also been the focus of new human infrastructures over the last 20 years. Consequently, dozens of wolf monitoring programs have been established to evaluate wolf population status, to identify impacts, and to inform appropriate mitigation or compensation measures. We reviewed Portuguese wolf monitoring programs to answer four key questions: do wolf programs examine adequate biological parameters to meet monitoring objectives? is the study design suitable for measuring impacts? are data collection methods and effort sufficient for the stated inference objectives? and do statistical analyses of the data lead to robust conclusions? Overall, we found a mismatch between the stated aims of wolf monitoring and the results reported, and often neither aligns with the existing national wolf monitoring guidelines. Despite the vast effort expended and the diversity of methods used, data analysis makes almost exclusive use of relative indices or summary statistics, with little consideration of the potential biases that arise through the (imperfect) observational process. This makes comparisons of impacts across space and time difficult and is therefore unlikely to contribute to a general understanding of wolf responses to infrastructure-related disturbance. We recommend the development of standardized monitoring protocols and advocate for the use of statistical methods that account for imperfect detection to ... |
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Environmental impact assessment for large carnivores: a methodological review of the wolf (Canis lupus) monitoring in Portugal |
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Environmental impact assessment for large carnivores: a methodological review of the wolf (Canis lupus) monitoring in Portugal |
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Environmental impact assessment for large carnivores: a methodological review of the wolf (Canis lupus) monitoring in Portugal |
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Environmental impact assessment for large carnivores: a methodological review of the wolf (Canis lupus) monitoring in Portugal |
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