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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"livestock predation"”.
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Large carnivores and humans: understanding livestock predation patterns to alleviate conservation conflicts
El crecimiento de la población humana ha aumentado la demanda de recursos, modificando el paisaje y contribuyendo a la pérdida de biodiversidad. Los esfuerzos de conservación pueden verse dificultados por los impactos negativos que las especies pueden ejercer en las poblaciones humanas, conduciendo …
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Wolves and Livestock: A review of tools to deter livestock predation and a case study of a proactive wolf conflict mitigation program developed in the Blackfoot Valley, Montana
… the fact that wolves are feared as a predator of livestock and therefore represent a direct economic loss for ranchers that experience depredations by wolves. Wolves are also revered as a native predator that have top down effects upon natural prey species. This in turn affects the web of plants …
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Wolves and Livestock: A review of tools to deter livestock predation and a case study of a proactive wolf conflict mitigation program developed in the Blackfoot Valley, Montana
… the fact that wolves are feared as a predator of livestock and therefore represent a direct economic loss for ranchers that experience depredations by wolves. Wolves are also revered as a native predator that have top down effects upon natural prey species. This in turn affects the web of plants …
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Human-wildlife conflict and mobile phone use among Maasai pastoralists near Tarangire National Park, northern Tanzania
… use and exposure to conflict (i.e., crop and livestock predation and human attacks) offer mixed evidence that mobile phone use is correlated with a perception of less recent HWC events. These findings provide an indication that the expansion of mobile digital technologies may be able to …
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Leopard population dynamics, trophy hunting and conservation in the Soutpansberg Mountains, South Africa
… leopards are frequently persecuted for perceived livestock predation although no evidence of livestock was found in leopard scats. Trophy hunting does not currently work as an effective conservation tool for leopards by providing economic incentives for landowners to reduce illegal hunting and …
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Predation impacts on livestock in a communal area of Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa
… this, as farmers in this region are dependent on livestock farming as a livelihood. 47 farmers were interviewed monthly from 1998-2013, to record the number of goats and sheep lost to predators and this formed the basis of the long-term dataset. Furthermore, predation levels for each animal age …
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Wild carnivore habitat use and community ecology in a biodiversity hotspot and human-wildlife conflict with pumas and dogs across Chile
… resulting in retaliatory killing in response to livestock predation, are one of the main threats to wild felids worldwide, including pumas (Puma concolor). However, mesocarnivores are more abundant than large carnivores, live closer to human settlements, and drive community structure and …
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The ecology of jaguars (panthera onca) in a human-influenced landscape
… the protected forest was mainly associated with livestock predation. Both sexes were equally active on pastures and were persecuted at a similar rate. Many of those killed were young individuals in good body condition, suggesting high turnover rates augmented by immigration. Population …
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Conceptualizing values as part of a dynamic multilevel world
… recolonizing the state despite the potential for livestock predation and concern for human safety. Results also indicate that these new value priorities can lead to social conflict among different segments of the public based on beliefs about how wildlife should be managed. This work demonstrates …
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Lion population status and ecology in a seasonally-flooded wetland, the Okavango Delta
… result from retaliatory killing in response to livestock predation by lions in adjacent community areas but could also be the effect of prey depletion from bushmeat harvesting along the Okavango's boundaries. As flooding can induce significant changes in landscape structure, I examined what …
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Landscape dynamics from 1990--2010 and the human to apex predator (red-tailed hawk) relationship on La Gonave, Haiti
… this island were not persecuted, despite intense predation of domestic chickens. Aside from predation near homes, villagers do not interact with the hawk as it remains out of sight. The RTH currently has no known predators, but it remains in danger of island extirpation due to ecological …