Guillaume Chapron (Author), Klemen Jerina (Author), Ivan Kos (Author), Miha Krofel (Author), Aleksandra Majić Skrbinšek (Author), Hubert Potočnik (Author), Tomaž Skrbinšek (Author)

Abstract

The conservation of large carnivores represents a formidable challenge for biodiversity conservation. Using a dataset on the past and current status of brown bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), grey wolves (Canis lupus), and wolverines (Gulo gulo) in European countries, we show that roughly one-third of mainland Europe hosts at least one large carnivore species, with stable or increasing abundance in most cases in 21st-century records. The reasons for this overall conservation success include protective legislations, supportive public opinion as well as a variety of practices making coexistence between large carnivores and people possible. The European situation reveals that large carnivores and people can successfully share the same landscape.

Keywords

large carnivores;conservation;Europe;Lynx lynx;Gulo gulo;Canis lupus;Ursus arctos;

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Language: English
Year of publishing:
Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization: UL BF - Biotechnical Faculty
UDC: 630*15
COBISS: 3996838 Link will open in a new window
ISSN: 0036-8075
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Secondary language: Slovenian
Secondary keywords: large carnivores;conservation;Europe;Lynx lynx;Gulo gulo;Canis lupus;Ursus arctos;
Type (COBISS): Scientific work
Pages: str. 1517-1519
Volume: ǂVol. ǂ346
Issue: ǂiss. ǂ6216
Chronology: 19. Dec. 2014
DOI: 10.1126/science.1257553
ID: 10910927
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