Overabundant wild ungulate populations in Europe: management with consideration of socio‐ecological consequences

• Published in: Mammal review Vol. 50; no. 4; pp. 353 - 366
• Main Authors: Valente, Ana M., Acevedo, Pelayo, Figueiredo, Ana M., Fonseca, Carlos, Torres, Rita T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2020
• Subjects: abandoned land; Abandonment; Agricultural management; agriculture; Cost analysis; diseases; Ecological effects; Ecosystem assessment; Ecosystem management; Ecosystems; Europe; Forestry; geographical distribution; Globalization; humans; Hunting; laws and regulations; Legislation; management; Poaching; Populations; red deer; society; stakeholders; Tourism; Ungulates; ungulate‐vehicle collisions; Veterinary surgeons; wild boar; Europe

Throughout recent years, ungulates have experienced significant increases in numbers and geographic range sizes in Europe, becoming locally overabundant populations in some regions. Changes in legislation regarding poaching, abandonment of land and re‐naturalisation of habitats, and decreasing numbe...