Landscapes of Coexistence for terrestrial carnivores: the ecological consequences of being downgraded from ultimate to penultimate predator by humans

• Published in: Oikos Vol. 124; no. 10; pp. 1263 - 1273
• Main Authors: Oriol‐Cotterill, Alayne, Valeix, Marion, Frank, Laurence G, Riginos, Corinna, Macdonald, David W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.10.2015; Nordic Society Oikos; Nordic Ecological Society
• Subjects: Carnivores; Coexistence; Ecological effects; Ecology; Environmental Sciences; fearfulness; Forum; habitats; Health risks; human ecology; humans; Landscape ecology; landscapes; Mortality; Mortality risk; people; Predation; Predators; Prey; risk; Terrestrial environments; Wildlife conservation; wildlife management

Fear of predation can have major impacts on the behaviour of prey species. Recently the concept of the ecology of fear has been defined and formalised; yet there has been relatively little focus on how these ideas apply to large carnivore species which, although not prey sensu stricto, also experien...