Behavioral correlates of supplementary feeding of wildlife : can general conclusions be drawn?

Jerina, Klemen (avtor), Kindberg, Jonas (avtor), Krofel, Miha (avtor), Stergar, Matija (avtor), Swenson, Jon E. (avtor), Zedrosser, Andreas (avtor)

Supplementary feeding is a common, but controversial, tool in wildlife management, because it can benefit both humansand wildlife (e.g., increased wildlife densities), but has certain downsides (e.g., increased disease transmission). For speciesthat are often involved in human-wildlife conflicts, two opposing paradigms with respect to supplementary feeding exist, i.e.,(i) that supplementary feeding is efficient to lure animals away from undesired places (i.e., diversionary feeding; hypothesis1), and (ii) that supplementary feeding stimulates ‘nuisance’ behavior (i.e., increased tolerance for humans and selection forhuman facilities; hypothesis 2). We formulated an alternative hypothesis (hypothesis 3); i.e., that behavioral variation amongindividuals dilutes population-wide, general patterns with respect to supplementary feeding. Based on GPS relocation dataand resource selection functions, we show that neither of the two opposing management paradigms (hypothesis 1 and 2)hold in a particularly ‘conflict rich’ species, the brown bear (Ursus arctos), because individual variation in selection behaviorwith respect to supplementary feeding diluted population-wide patterns (hypothesis 3), even under very different environmentalcontexts (Sweden vs. Slovenia; i.e., different human and bear population density, history and intensity of supplementary feeding,topography, etc.). Our results emphasize that individual variation is an important component of behavioral ecology and shouldbe considered in wildlife management and conservation.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Vrsta gradiva: Delo ni kategorizirano
• Tipologija: 1.12 - Objavljeni povzetek znanstvenega prispevka na konferenci
• Organizacija: BF - Biotehniška fakulteta
• Št. strani: Str. 94
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-96698
• UDK: 630*15:630*14
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3962790
• Datum objave v RUL: 11.10.2017

Gradivo je del monografije

• Naslov: Bears and humans in the 21st century : challenges and solutions for a peaceful coexistence
• Kraj izida: [s. l.]
• Založnik: ARCTUROS, Civil Society for the Protection and Management of Wildlife and Natural Environment
• ISBN: 978-960-7742-49-0
• COBISS.SI-ID: 3962022

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva-Nekomercialno-Brez predelav 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.sl
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• Začetek licenciranja: 11.10.2017

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: rjavi medved, konflikti, habituacija, odvračalno krmljenje