Lethal management may hinder population recovery in Iberian wolves

• Published in: Biodiversity and conservation Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 415 - 432
• Main Authors: Quevedo, Mario, Echegaray, Jorge, Fernández-Gil, Alberto, Leonard, Jennifer A., Naves, Javier, Ordiz, Andrés, Revilla, Eloy, Vilà, Carles
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.02.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Animal populations; Biodiversity; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Canidae; Canis lupus signatus; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Conservation; Conservation Biology/Ecology; Conservation genetics; Conservation status; Culling; Ecology; effective population size; Frameworks; Genetics; Habitat availability; Habitats; Hunting; Iberian Peninsula; issues and policy; laws and regulations; Legislation; Life Sciences; Local population; Original Paper; Population number; Populations; Portugal; Predators; Protection; Recovery; Regions; Spain; Wildlife; Wildlife habitats; Wildlife management; Wolves; Portugal; Europe; Spain; Iberian Peninsula; Favorable conservation status; Habitats directive; Range recovery; Grey wolf; Transboundary populations; Extirpation; Lethal management

In previous centuries, wolves were extirpated across much of their range worldwide, but they started to recover in Europe since the end of last century. A general pattern of this recovery is the expansion of the range occupied by local populations. The Iberian wolf population, shared by Portugal and...