TY - GEN
T1 - A perspective on livestock wolf interactions on western rangelands
AU - Breck, Stewart
AU - Clark, Patrick
AU - Howery, Larry
AU - Johnson, Douglas
AU - Kluever, Bryan
AU - Smallidge, Samuel
AU - Cibils, Andres
N1 - Funding Information:
This article summarizes a series of papers presented at a symposium entitled “Wolf–livestock interactions: using science to develop innovative management to protect natural and cultural resources” held at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the SRM in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2009. The symposium was sponsored by the New Mexico Cooperative Extension Service, the New Mexico State University Range Improvement Task Force, and the Department of Animal and Range Sciences at New Mexico State University.
Funding Information:
P. Clark and D. Johnson wish to thank the USDA Agricultural Research Service, Oregon Beef Council, and Oregon State University for funding and support of this research. We also acknowledge Idaho Department of Fish and Game, USDA APHIS Wildlife Services, USDA Forest Service, and Nez Perce Tribe for their support and cooperation.
PY - 2012/10
Y1 - 2012/10
N2 - The challenges associated with wolf restoration programs vary regionally and depend on a myriad of interacting factors. Actual predation events, as well as social and environmental factors, can influence vigilance rates of prey species that forage in the presence of predators. Moreover, prey response to a particular predator species may vary depending on the environmental and evolutionary history of predator?prey relationships, as well as on the unique hunting strategy of the predator species. A more complicated situation exists on rangelands occupied by livestock, wild ungulates, and wolves. Some recent work has been done in the northern Rocky Mountains, but most of our limited understanding of wolf?livestock interactions is based primarily on older studies from Canada, Europe, and the upper Midwest. The extent and magnitude of wolf reintroduction effects on regional livestock production, however, remain largely unknown. In fact, considerable controversy exists regarding the effect of wolves on livestock-rearing systems.
AB - The challenges associated with wolf restoration programs vary regionally and depend on a myriad of interacting factors. Actual predation events, as well as social and environmental factors, can influence vigilance rates of prey species that forage in the presence of predators. Moreover, prey response to a particular predator species may vary depending on the environmental and evolutionary history of predator?prey relationships, as well as on the unique hunting strategy of the predator species. A more complicated situation exists on rangelands occupied by livestock, wild ungulates, and wolves. Some recent work has been done in the northern Rocky Mountains, but most of our limited understanding of wolf?livestock interactions is based primarily on older studies from Canada, Europe, and the upper Midwest. The extent and magnitude of wolf reintroduction effects on regional livestock production, however, remain largely unknown. In fact, considerable controversy exists regarding the effect of wolves on livestock-rearing systems.
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U2 - 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-11-00069.1
DO - 10.2111/RANGELANDS-D-11-00069.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84867965645
SN - 0190-0528
VL - 34
SP - 6
EP - 11
JO - Rangelands
JF - Rangelands
ER -