Characterizing trends in human-wildlife conflicts in the American Midwest using wildlife rehabilitation records.

ABSTRACT: Human-wildlife conflict is difficult to measure, but the analysis of records from wildlife rehabilitation facilities has shown potential as a technique for characterizing human impacts on wildlife. To examine the value of wildlife rehabilitation records for characterizing local human-wildlife conflicts and prevalence of select wildlife diseases, we reviewed 45,668 records representing over 280 species admitted to a wildlife rehabilitation facility over a 10-year period (2005-2014). We identified the most frequently recorded causes of admission for commonly admitted species, and evaluated how causes of admission may vary across taxa throughout the year. Our analyses support the value of wildlife rehabilitation facility data for characterizing some pressures from human-wildlife conflict and

SUBMITTER: Long RB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7485781 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature