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Kihn MP, Caruso N, Iaconis K, M. J. PG, Soler L. Analysis of conflicts with wild carnivores in the Humid Chaco, Argentina. ANIMAL BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION 2021. [DOI: 10.32800/abc.2021.44.0251] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Abstract
Interactions between humans and carnivores tend to be conflictual, especially due to predation on domestic animals. As certain landscape characteristics predispose the occurrence of carnivore attacks, spatial modelling of predation events can be particularly useful when developing management plans. In this study we determined the incidence of predation on the mortality of domestic animals by interviewing local inhabitants. In addition, we identified the spatial variables that explain the distribution of the conflicts and we created a two–scale model based on the Maxent algorithm. The results showed that Puma concolor (41.2 %) and the foxes Lycalopex gymnocercus and Cerdocyon thous (33.3 %) were the most conflictive species. Predation accounted for only 5.6 % of the causes of domestic animal mortality. The distribution models showed that the most probable variables for predicting conflicts were the distance from the roads, livestock density and the proportion of anthropized areas. High–risk areas represented 28 % of the study area and were distributed in broad patches around the protected areas and in the eastern sector of the area.
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Affiliation(s)
- M. P. Kihn
- Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Asociación para el Estudio y la Conservación de la Biodiversidad, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Ciencias Biológicas y Biomédicas del Sur, CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Bosch M, Herrando-Moraira S, Hoyo AD, López-Pujol J, Massó S, Rosselló JA, Simon J, Blanché C. New conservation viewpoints when plants are viewed at one level higher. Integration of phylogeographic structure, niche modeling and genetic diversity in conservation planning of W Mediterranean larkspurs. Glob Ecol Conserv 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00580] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022] Open
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