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CONSERVATION SCIENCE AND PRACTICE
卷 3, 期 2, 页码 -出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.317
关键词
carnivore; evidence‐ based conservation; felid; human‐ wildlife conflict; intervention; predator
资金
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft [WA 2153/5-1]
The study analyzed 92 cases from 57 publications on the effectiveness of livestock protection interventions for wild felids, finding significant differences in effectiveness between species. Cheetahs, Iberian lynx, and snow leopards showed very effective reduction in damage due to species shyness, good fit of interventions, and strong social involvement, while some other species like leopards, pumas, and caracals showed variable and often low effectiveness. Further research is needed to understand intervention effectiveness in little studied species and regions.
Rapid population declines of wild cats (family Felidae) are often related to widespread conflicts with people over the livestock depredation they are causing. In spite of increasing literature on wild felids, there is no overview on the evidence-based effectiveness of livestock protection interventions in reducing depredation inflicted by these animals. We collected and analyzed 92 cases from 57 publications describing the percentage of damage reduction from the application of 11 interventions to 10 felid species. We found that the effectiveness of interventions differed significantly between species. Interventions tested for cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) and snow leopards (Panthera uncia) were very effective, reducing damage by 70-100% due to species shyness, good fit of interventions to these species and local conditions, and strong social involvement. The most variable and often the lowest effectiveness of interventions was found for leopard (Panthera pardus), puma (Puma concolor) and caracal (Caracal caracal), which are more common and tolerant to humans. In other felids, interventions were generally effective, but some of them reportedly failed because of local contexts and intervention performance. Much more effort is required to invigorate the research of intervention effectiveness in little studied species and regions.
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