Examining human-carnivore interactions using a socio-ecological framework: sympatric wild canids in India as a case study.

ABSTRACT: Many carnivores inhabit human-dominated landscapes outside protected reserves. Spatially explicit assessments of carnivore distributions and livestock depredation patterns in human-use landscapes are crucial for minimizing negative interactions and fostering coexistence between people and predators. India harbours 23% of the world's carnivore species that share space with 1.3 billion people in approximately 2.3% of the global land area. We examined carnivore distributions and human-carnivore interactions in a multi-use forest landscape in central India. We focused on five sympatric carnivore species: Indian grey wolf Canis lupus pallipes, dhole Cuon alpinus, Indian jackal Canis aureus indicus, Indian fox Vulpes bengalensis and striped hyena Hyaena hyaena.

SUBMITTER: Srivathsa A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549949 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature