Predation on ungulates exposes large predators to conflicts with farmers and hunters if they kill livestock and shared game species. Therefore, it is crucial to know the drivers of predation on large prey, understand how they differ from predation on smaller prey and reveal general large-scale patterns.
We tested three hypotheses in the global Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx population: 1) consumption of ungulates and hares increases with their densities, 2) effects of predictors on ungulate and hare predation differ between continents, latitudes, longitudes and landscapes, 3) effects of predictors are generally applicable regardless of study materials (scats, carcasses and intestinal tracts).
We collected information from 70 publications, including data from 174 study cases (107 from Europe and 67 from Asia) and 114 sites in 30 countries, mainly Russia (73 cases and 46 sites). Linear regression of logit-transformed data and logistic regression were used to test the hypotheses.
We found that ungulates made up more than half of the lynx diet in areas containing at least 570 individual ungulates/100 km2 and/or located south of 56°N. Predominance of ungulates in the diet could be related to the higher availability of the main medium-sized ungulate prey species, and to the presence of (mixed) broadleaf deciduous forests with open spaces providing optimal hunting conditions. No significant effects on hare consumption by lynx were revealed, possibly because of a small sample size of hare density data from lynx habitats, fluctuations and instability of hares as a food resource, declines of some hare populations and separation in habitat use by lynx and hares.
We conclude that the Eurasian lynx is an adaptable predator, not a lagomorph specialist; throughout its range, the lynx takes ungulates according to their availability. The use of practical nonlethal interventions is important to limit the availability of domestic ungulates (livestock and game) for predation by lynx, and to promote human-lynx coexistence.
{"title":"Patterns of predation by the Eurasian lynx Lynx lynx throughout its range: ecological and conservation implications","authors":"Igor Khorozyan, Marco Heurich","doi":"10.1111/mam.12317","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mam.12317","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><ol>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Predation on ungulates exposes large predators to conflicts with farmers and hunters if they kill livestock and shared game species. Therefore, it is crucial to know the drivers of predation on large prey, understand how they differ from predation on smaller prey and reveal general large-scale patterns.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>We tested three hypotheses in the global Eurasian lynx <i>Lynx lynx</i> population: 1) consumption of ungulates and hares increases with their densities, 2) effects of predictors on ungulate and hare predation differ between continents, latitudes, longitudes and landscapes, 3) effects of predictors are generally applicable regardless of study materials (scats, carcasses and intestinal tracts).</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>We collected information from 70 publications, including data from 174 study cases (107 from Europe and 67 from Asia) and 114 sites in 30 countries, mainly Russia (73 cases and 46 sites). Linear regression of logit-transformed data and logistic regression were used to test the hypotheses.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>We found that ungulates made up more than half of the lynx diet in areas containing at least 570 individual ungulates/100 km<sup>2</sup> and/or located south of 56°N. Predominance of ungulates in the diet could be related to the higher availability of the main medium-sized ungulate prey species, and to the presence of (mixed) broadleaf deciduous forests with open spaces providing optimal hunting conditions. No significant effects on hare consumption by lynx were revealed, possibly because of a small sample size of hare density data from lynx habitats, fluctuations and instability of hares as a food resource, declines of some hare populations and separation in habitat use by lynx and hares.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>We conclude that the Eurasian lynx is an adaptable predator, not a lagomorph specialist; throughout its range, the lynx takes ungulates according to their availability. The use of practical nonlethal interventions is important to limit the availability of domestic ungulates (livestock and game) for predation by lynx, and to promote human-lynx coexistence.</li>\u0000 </ol>\u0000 \u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":49893,"journal":{"name":"Mammal Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45013049","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Justin G. Boyles, Virgil Brack Jr, Liam P. McGuire
Manipulation of microclimates in caves and mines has gained renewed interest as a conservation and management strategy for populations of hibernating bats devastated by white-nose syndrome (WNS). WNS creates an energy imbalance for hibernating bats and ultimately leads to starvation, so some researchers and management agencies suggest modifying hibernacula to meet conditions historically thought to minimise energy expenditure during hibernation.
Modifying hibernacula has great potential as a management strategy, but an oversimplified view of hibernation physiology and behaviour leads to an incomplete balancing of costs and benefits. Hibernaculum manipulations, as currently being implemented in the USA, carry high risk because cave systems used by bats have all the hallmarks of systems prone to falling into ecological traps.
We present an individual-based model of bat energetics during hibernation, demonstrating the risk of relying on oversimplified descriptions of physiology and environmental conditions to design and implement hibernaculum manipulations. When realistic levels of variation in ambient conditions are included, proposed ‘target’ microclimates are very risky for hibernating bats.
Realistic natural conditions in many or most hibernacula mean that modifications to the microclimate may produce modest energy savings for hibernating bats while potentially exposing them to substantial long-term fitness declines.
Due to the risks of creating ecological traps and negative energetic consequences, we generally urge caution when modifying subterranean sites for bat use, and specifically suggest that if hibernacula are modified, the primary goal should be to maximise spatial gradients and minimise temporal variability in ambient conditions (temperature and humidity), as opposed to aiming to achieve a specific midwinter temperature.
{"title":"Balancing costs and benefits of managing hibernacula of cavernicolous bats","authors":"Justin G. Boyles, Virgil Brack Jr, Liam P. McGuire","doi":"10.1111/mam.12316","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mam.12316","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <p>\u0000 \u0000 </p><ol>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Manipulation of microclimates in caves and mines has gained renewed interest as a conservation and management strategy for populations of hibernating bats devastated by white-nose syndrome (WNS). WNS creates an energy imbalance for hibernating bats and ultimately leads to starvation, so some researchers and management agencies suggest modifying hibernacula to meet conditions historically thought to minimise energy expenditure during hibernation.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Modifying hibernacula has great potential as a management strategy, but an oversimplified view of hibernation physiology and behaviour leads to an incomplete balancing of costs and benefits. Hibernaculum manipulations, as currently being implemented in the USA, carry high risk because cave systems used by bats have all the hallmarks of systems prone to falling into ecological traps.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>We present an individual-based model of bat energetics during hibernation, demonstrating the risk of relying on oversimplified descriptions of physiology and environmental conditions to design and implement hibernaculum manipulations. When realistic levels of variation in ambient conditions are included, proposed ‘target’ microclimates are very risky for hibernating bats.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Realistic natural conditions in many or most hibernacula mean that modifications to the microclimate may produce modest energy savings for hibernating bats while potentially exposing them to substantial long-term fitness declines.</li>\u0000 \u0000 \u0000 <li>Due to the risks of creating ecological traps and negative energetic consequences, we generally urge caution when modifying subterranean sites for bat use, and specifically suggest that if hibernacula are modified, the primary goal should be to maximise spatial gradients and minimise temporal variability in ambient conditions (temperature and humidity), as opposed to aiming to achieve a specific midwinter temperature.</li>\u0000 </ol>\u0000 \u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":49893,"journal":{"name":"Mammal Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46075757","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Rachele Vada, Sonia Illanas, Pelayo Acevedo, Tim Adriaens, Marco Apollonio, Olgirda Belova, Jose Antonio Blanco-Aguiar, Sándor Csányi, Guillaume Body, Isabel G. Fernández-De-Mera, Ezio Ferroglio, Patrick A. Jansen, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Oliver Keuling, Santiago Palazón, Kamila Plis, Tomasz Podgórski, Fiona Rickowski, Massimo Scandura, Vasilij Shakun, Graham C. Smith, Philip A. Stephens, Koen Van Den Berge, Rauno Veeroja, Stefania Zanet, Ilgvars Zihmanis, Joaquin Vicente
{"title":"Feral American mink Neogale vison continues to expand its European range: time to harmonise population monitoring and coordinate control","authors":"Rachele Vada, Sonia Illanas, Pelayo Acevedo, Tim Adriaens, Marco Apollonio, Olgirda Belova, Jose Antonio Blanco-Aguiar, Sándor Csányi, Guillaume Body, Isabel G. Fernández-De-Mera, Ezio Ferroglio, Patrick A. Jansen, Jonathan M. Jeschke, Oliver Keuling, Santiago Palazón, Kamila Plis, Tomasz Podgórski, Fiona Rickowski, Massimo Scandura, Vasilij Shakun, Graham C. Smith, Philip A. Stephens, Koen Van Den Berge, Rauno Veeroja, Stefania Zanet, Ilgvars Zihmanis, Joaquin Vicente","doi":"10.1111/mam.12315","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mam.12315","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49893,"journal":{"name":"Mammal Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-05-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mam.12315","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48992907","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maritza Sepúlveda, Diana Szteren, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Enrique A. Crespo, Luis René Durán, Alicia I. Guerrero, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Doris Oliva, Larissa R. Oliveira
{"title":"Sea lion and fur seal interactions with fisheries and aquaculture in South American waters: threats and management perspectives","authors":"Maritza Sepúlveda, Diana Szteren, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Enrique A. Crespo, Luis René Durán, Alicia I. Guerrero, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Doris Oliva, Larissa R. Oliveira","doi":"10.1111/mam.12311","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mam.12311","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49893,"journal":{"name":"Mammal Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48530444","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acoustic ecology of terrestrial mammals: a new Signaller–Receiver Conceptual Framework","authors":"Rachel M. Stein, Janet L. Rachlow","doi":"10.1111/mam.12314","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mam.12314","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49893,"journal":{"name":"Mammal Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46634809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vilis O. Nams, Dan M. Parker, Florian J. Weise, Bruce D. Patterson, Ralph Buij, Frans G. T. Radloff, Abi Tamim Vanak, Pricelia N. Tumenta, Matt W. Hayward, Lourens H. Swanepoel, Paul J. Funston, Hans Bauer, R. John Power, John O'Brien, Timothy G. O'Brien, Craig J. Tambling, Hans H. de Iongh, Sam M. Ferreira, Norman Owen-Smith, James W. Cain III, Julien Fattebert, Barbara M. Croes, Goran Spong, Andrew J. Loveridge, Ann Marie Houser, Krystyna A. Golabek, Colleen M. Begg, Tanith Grant, Paul Trethowan, Charles Musyoki, Vera Menges, Scott Creel, Guy A. Balme, Ross T. Pitman, Charlene Bissett, David Jenny, Paul Schuette, Christopher C. Wilmers, Luke T. B. Hunter, Margaret F. Kinnaird, Keith S. Begg, Cailey R. Owen, Villiers Steyn, Dirk Bockmuehl, Stuart J. Munro, Gareth K. H. Mann, Byron D. du Preez, Laurie L. Marker, Tuqa J. Huqa, Gabriele Cozzi, Laurence G. Frank, Phumuzile Nyoni, Andrew B. Stein, Samuel M. Kasiki, David W. Macdonald, Quinton E. Martins, Rudie J. van Vuuren, Ken J. Stratford, Laura R. Bidner, Alayne Oriol-Cotteril, Nakedi W. Maputla, Nkabeng Maruping-Mzileni, Tim Parker, Maarten van't Zelfde, Lynne A. Isbell, Otto B. Beukes, Maya Beukes
{"title":"Spatial patterns of large African cats: a large-scale study on density, home range size, and home range overlap of lions Panthera leo and leopards Panthera pardus","authors":"Vilis O. Nams, Dan M. Parker, Florian J. Weise, Bruce D. Patterson, Ralph Buij, Frans G. T. Radloff, Abi Tamim Vanak, Pricelia N. Tumenta, Matt W. Hayward, Lourens H. Swanepoel, Paul J. Funston, Hans Bauer, R. John Power, John O'Brien, Timothy G. O'Brien, Craig J. Tambling, Hans H. de Iongh, Sam M. Ferreira, Norman Owen-Smith, James W. Cain III, Julien Fattebert, Barbara M. Croes, Goran Spong, Andrew J. Loveridge, Ann Marie Houser, Krystyna A. Golabek, Colleen M. Begg, Tanith Grant, Paul Trethowan, Charles Musyoki, Vera Menges, Scott Creel, Guy A. Balme, Ross T. Pitman, Charlene Bissett, David Jenny, Paul Schuette, Christopher C. Wilmers, Luke T. B. Hunter, Margaret F. Kinnaird, Keith S. Begg, Cailey R. Owen, Villiers Steyn, Dirk Bockmuehl, Stuart J. Munro, Gareth K. H. Mann, Byron D. du Preez, Laurie L. Marker, Tuqa J. Huqa, Gabriele Cozzi, Laurence G. Frank, Phumuzile Nyoni, Andrew B. Stein, Samuel M. Kasiki, David W. Macdonald, Quinton E. Martins, Rudie J. van Vuuren, Ken J. Stratford, Laura R. Bidner, Alayne Oriol-Cotteril, Nakedi W. Maputla, Nkabeng Maruping-Mzileni, Tim Parker, Maarten van't Zelfde, Lynne A. Isbell, Otto B. Beukes, Maya Beukes","doi":"10.1111/mam.12309","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mam.12309","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49893,"journal":{"name":"Mammal Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/mam.12309","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42805037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biases and information gaps in the study of habitat connectivity in the Carnivora in the Americas","authors":"Ángel Balbuena-Serrano, Martha Mariela Zarco-González, Octavio Monroy-Vilchis","doi":"10.1111/mam.12312","DOIUrl":"10.1111/mam.12312","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 \u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":49893,"journal":{"name":"Mammal Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":4.9,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45136072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Víctor Hugo Mendoza-Sáenz, Romeo A. Saldaña-Vázquez, Dario Navarrete-Gutiérrez, Cristian Kraker-Castañeda, Rafael Ávila-Flores, Guillermo Jiménez-Ferrer
Increased cattle ranching in Neotropical landscapes has led to human–wildlife conflicts that complicate the relationship between agricultural production and biodiversity conservation. We review the literature related to conflicts between livestock production and the common vampire bat Desmodus rotundus, specifically, the factors that influence the incidence of problems caused by bites to cattle. We summarise the strategies proposed to reduce these problems and propose actions from the perspectives of cattle management, landscape ecology and the biology of the common vampire bat. The literature shows that free-range extensive management systems, where cattle graze in areas with forest cover, near riparian zones, caves, secondary vegetation (generally shrublands and immature trees), and vegetation fragments and edges, increase the implications and the severity of the conflict. As a result of different selection forces, the wing morphology and echolocation characteristics of the common vampire bat facilitate its movement under these landscape conditions, thus favouring a scenario of greater interaction with cattle. We propose the establishment of a ‘buffer zone’ to separate the cattle as far as possible (at least 1 km) from the elements of the landscape that are key for the movement patterns of common vampire bats in cattle ranching areas. The feeding events of this species are positively associated with host availability and landscape elements that provide habitat and connectivity, which shows that the cause of this conflict originates from the process of cattle production and the invasion of the habitat of the common vampire bat. Anti-rabies vaccination programmes in cattle and forest–cattle separation are the most important strategies to minimise conflict and prevent rabies outbreaks.
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Oliver Behr, Kévin Barré, Fabio Bontadina, Robert Brinkmann, Markus Dietz, Thierry Disca, Jérémy S. P. Froidevaux, Simon Ghanem, Senta Huemer, Johanna Hurst, Stefan K. Kaminsky, Volker Kelm, Fränzi Korner-Nievergelt, Mirco Lauper, Paul Lintott, Christian Newman, Trevor Peterson, Jasmin Proksch, Charlotte Roemer, Wigbert Schorcht, Martina Nagy
Voigt et al. (2021) provide a thorough analysis of the restrictions inherent to the estimation of bat abundance from acoustic surveys, and conclude that limitations of acoustic monitoring impede the reliable evaluation of bat fatalities at wind turbines. We argue that acoustic data recorded at the nacelle of wind turbines have been experimentally validated as a useful and appropriate measure of bat collisions. Therefore, acoustic data can be used to estimate bat fatalities at wind turbines, provided a referenced and standardised protocol for data acquisition and analysis is used.
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