Spatial heterogeneity in human activities favors the persistence of wolves in agroecosystems.

ABSTRACT: As human populations expand, there is increasing demand and pressure for land. Under this scenario, behavioural flexibility and adaptation become important processes leading to the persistence of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes such as agroecosystems. A growing interest has recently emerged on the outcome of the coexistence between wolves and humans in these systems. It has been suggested that spatial heterogeneity in human activities would be a major environmental factor modulating vulnerability and persistence of this contentious species in agroecosystems. Here, we combined information from 35 den sites detected between 2011 and 2012 in agroecosystems of western Iran (Hamedan province), a set of environmental variables measured at landscape and fine spatial scales, and gen

SUBMITTER: Ahmadi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4176725 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature