Data from: Impact of a recolonizing, cross-border carnivore population on ungulate harvest in Scandinavia
Predation from large carnivores and human harvest are the two main mortality factors affecting the dynamics of many ungulate populations. We examined long-term moose ( Alces alces ) harvest data from two countries that share cross-border populations of wolves ( Canis lupus ) and their main prey moos...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:4302698 2024-09-15T17:36:17+00:00 Data from: Impact of a recolonizing, cross-border carnivore population on ungulate harvest in Scandinavia Wikenros, Camilla Sand, Håkan Månsson, Johan Maartmann, Erling Wabakken, Petter Zimmermann, Barbara 2020-12-02 https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.zs7h44j78 unknown Zenodo https://zenodo.org/communities/dryad https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.zs7h44j78 oai:zenodo.org:4302698 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2020 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.zs7h44j78 2024-07-26T22:30:31Z Predation from large carnivores and human harvest are the two main mortality factors affecting the dynamics of many ungulate populations. We examined long-term moose ( Alces alces ) harvest data from two countries that share cross-border populations of wolves ( Canis lupus ) and their main prey moose. We tested how a spatial gradient of increasing wolf territory density affected moose harvest density and age and sex composition of the harvested animals (n = 549,310), along a latitudinal gradient during 1995-2017. In areas containing average-sized wolf territories, harvest density was on average 37% (Norway) and 51% (Sweden) lower than in areas without wolves. In Sweden, calves made up a higher proportion of the moose harvest than in Norway, and this proportion was reduced with increased wolf territory density, while it increased in Norway. The proportion of females in the adult harvest was more strongly reduced in Sweden than in Norway as a response to increased wolf territory density. Moose management in both countries performed actions aimed to increase productivity in the moose population, in order to compensate for the increased mortality caused by wolves. These management actions are empirical examples of an adaptive management in response to the return of large carnivores. Funding provided by: Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001862 Award Number: 2016-01038 Funding provided by: Norwegian Environment Agency Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100008776 Funding provided by: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004357 Funding provided by: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004360 Funding provided by: Interreg Sweden-Norway Crossref Funder Registry ID: Other/Unknown Material Alces alces Canis lupus Zenodo |
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Predation from large carnivores and human harvest are the two main mortality factors affecting the dynamics of many ungulate populations. We examined long-term moose ( Alces alces ) harvest data from two countries that share cross-border populations of wolves ( Canis lupus ) and their main prey moose. We tested how a spatial gradient of increasing wolf territory density affected moose harvest density and age and sex composition of the harvested animals (n = 549,310), along a latitudinal gradient during 1995-2017. In areas containing average-sized wolf territories, harvest density was on average 37% (Norway) and 51% (Sweden) lower than in areas without wolves. In Sweden, calves made up a higher proportion of the moose harvest than in Norway, and this proportion was reduced with increased wolf territory density, while it increased in Norway. The proportion of females in the adult harvest was more strongly reduced in Sweden than in Norway as a response to increased wolf territory density. Moose management in both countries performed actions aimed to increase productivity in the moose population, in order to compensate for the increased mortality caused by wolves. These management actions are empirical examples of an adaptive management in response to the return of large carnivores. Funding provided by: Svenska Forskningsrådet Formas Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100001862 Award Number: 2016-01038 Funding provided by: Norwegian Environment Agency Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100008776 Funding provided by: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004357 Funding provided by: Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences Crossref Funder Registry ID: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004360 Funding provided by: Interreg Sweden-Norway Crossref Funder Registry ID: |
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Wikenros, Camilla Sand, Håkan Månsson, Johan Maartmann, Erling Wabakken, Petter Zimmermann, Barbara |
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Data from: Impact of a recolonizing, cross-border carnivore population on ungulate harvest in Scandinavia |
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Data from: Impact of a recolonizing, cross-border carnivore population on ungulate harvest in Scandinavia |
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Data from: Impact of a recolonizing, cross-border carnivore population on ungulate harvest in Scandinavia |
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