Coexistence with Large Carnivores Informed by Community Ecology

Guillaume Chapron; José Vicente López-Bao

doi:10.1016/j.tree.2016.06.003

Coexistence with Large Carnivores Informed by Community Ecology

Trends Ecol Evol. 2016 Aug;31(8):578-580. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.06.003. Epub 2016 Jul 1.

Authors

Guillaume Chapron¹, José Vicente López-Bao²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 73091, Riddarhyttan, Sweden. Electronic address: guillaume.chapron@slu.se.
² Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 73091, Riddarhyttan, Sweden; Research Unit of Biodiversity (UO-CSIC-PA), Oviedo University, 33600, Spain.

PMID: 27377602
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.06.003

Abstract

Conserving predators on an increasingly crowded planet brings very difficult challenges. Here, we argue that community ecology theory can help conserve these species in human-dominated landscapes. Letting humans and predators share the same landscapes is similar to maintaining a community of predatory species, one of which is humans.

Keywords: coexistence; community ecology; large carnivores; predators.

MeSH terms

Animals
Carnivora*
Ecology*
Humans
Predatory Behavior