How long do anti-predator interventions remain effective? Patterns, thresholds and uncertainty.

ABSTRACT: Human-predator conflicts are globally widespread, and effective interventions are essential to protect human assets from predator attacks. As effectiveness also has a temporal dimension, it is of importance to know how long interventions remain most effective and to determine time thresholds at which effectiveness begins to decrease. To address this, we conducted a systematic review of the temporal changes in the effectiveness of non-invasive interventions against terrestrial mammalian predators, defining a temporal trend line of effectiveness for each published case. We found only 26 cases from 14 publications, mainly referring to electric fences (n = 7 cases) and deterrents (n = 7 cases). We found electric fences and calving control to remain highly effective for the longes

SUBMITTER: Khorozyan I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6774962 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature