Tikkunen, M. & Kojola, I. Mamm Res (2019) 64: 581. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00444-3 Hunting dogs are at biggest risk to get attacked by wolves near wolves’ territory boundaries |
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Author: | Tikkunen, Mari1; Kojola, Ilpo2 |
Organizations: |
1University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland 2Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), Rovaniemi, Finland |
Format: | article |
Version: | published version |
Access: | open |
Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 0.7 MB) |
Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019111237725 |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Springer Nature,
2019
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Publish Date: | 2019-11-12 |
Description: |
AbstractWolves’ attacks on hunting dogs are a major conflict between wolves and hunters in Northern Europe. The reasons affecting the risk of wolves’ (Canis lupus) attacks on hunting dogs are poorly known. We examined whether the number of wolves in territory, the territory size, and the space use of GPS-collared wolves affected the risk of fatal attacks during hunting season in Finland. We found that attacks were more frequent within the periphery than core of the territory. Based on locations of GPS-collared wolves, wolves spent 8% (range 2–12%, n = 17) of time within the border zone (11% of the territory area) of their territory. Forty-five percent of all attacks considered (n = 11) took place within this zone which was high proportion as compared to the distribution of wolf locations. This result might reflect wolves’ motivational status to eliminate potential competitors when they are moving near territory boundaries. see all
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Series: |
Mammal research |
ISSN: | 2199-2401 |
ISSN-E: | 2199-241X |
ISSN-L: | 2199-2401 |
Volume: | 64 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pages: | 581 - 586 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s13364-019-00444-3 |
OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00444-3 |
Type of Publication: |
A1 Journal article – refereed |
Field of Science: |
1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology |
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Funding: |
Open access funding provided by University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital. |
Copyright information: |
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