Rauset, Geir Rune and Andren, Henrik and Swenson, Jon E. and Samelius, Gustaf and Segerström, Peter and Zedrosser, Andreas and Persson, Jens
(2016).
National parks in northern Sweden as refuges for illegal killing of large carnivores.
Conservation Letters. 9
:5
, 334-341
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/conl.12226
Abstract
Large protected areas are often considered to be as important as population size in reducing extinction risk for large carnivores. However, the effectiveness of protected areas for large carnivore survival has rarely been tested where surrounding areas also provide suitable habitats. Using individual-based long-term data, we here show that three species of large carnivores all suffered higher risk of illegal killing inside three large national parks than in surrounding unprotected areas in northern Sweden. We suggest that this illegal killing is the result of low enforcement and public presence in these remote parks, which results in a low probability for poachers to be discovered. Our results demonstrate that size of protected areas alone may be a poor predictor of their conservation value for large carnivores. We warn against passive national park management, and advocate considering 52 the ecological and socio-economic context present inside as well as outside protected areas.
Authors/Creators: | Rauset, Geir Rune and Andren, Henrik and Swenson, Jon E. and Samelius, Gustaf and Segerström, Peter and Zedrosser, Andreas and Persson, Jens | ||||
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Title: | National parks in northern Sweden as refuges for illegal killing of large carnivores | ||||
Series Name/Journal: | Conservation Letters | ||||
Year of publishing : | 2016 | ||||
Volume: | 9 | ||||
Number: | 5 | ||||
Page range: | 334-341 | ||||
Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
Publisher: | Wiley Periodicals Inc. | ||||
ISSN: | 1755-263X | ||||
Language: | English | ||||
Publication Type: | Journal article | ||||
Refereed: | Yes | ||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||
Version: | Published version | ||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||
Agris subject categories.: | P Natural resources > P01 Nature conservation and land resources | ||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Ecology (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 1 Natural sciences > 106 Biological Sciences (Medical to be 3 and Agricultural to be 4) > Zoology | ||||
Keywords: | management, conservation, wolverine, brown bear, lynx, poaching | ||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3870 | ||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-e-3870 | ||||
Additional ID: |
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ID Code: | 13912 | ||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap S - Faculty of Forest Sciences | ||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Ecology (S) > Dept. of Ecology | ||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||
Deposited On: | 09 Jan 2017 09:07 | ||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 09 Sep 2020 14:17 |
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