Quantifying large carnivore predation relative to human harvest on moose in an intensively managed boreal ecosystem.

ABSTRACT: The return of large carnivores to areas with strong anthropogenic impact often results in conflicts among different interest groups. One cause of conflict is that large carnivores compete with humans for wild game species. In Scandinavia, the recolonization of wolves (Canis lupus) and brown bears (Ursus arctos) has important ramifications for the harvest of an ungulate species with high economic and recreational value, the moose. We estimated wolf and brown bear predation rates on moose (Alces alces) relative to harvest, natural causes of death, and vehicle collisions within 20 wolf territories. We used data on multi-season kill rates of wolves and brown bears on moose combined with wolf territory sizes and estimates of the population density of brown bears and moose. Wolf predation rate o

SUBMITTER: Sand H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11811747 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature