Scale dependence of felid predation risk: Identifying predictors of livestock kills by tiger and leopard in Bhutan

Susana Rostro-Garcia; Lhendup Tharchen; Leandro Abade; Christos Astaras; Samuel A. Cushman; David W. Macdonald

doi:10.1007/s10980-015-0335-9

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Scale dependence of felid predation risk: Identifying predictors of livestock kills by tiger and leopard in Bhutan

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Authors:

Susana Rostro-Garcia, Lhendup Tharchen, Leandro Abade, Christos Astaras, Samuel A. Cushman, David W. Macdonald

Year:

2016

Type:

Scientific Journal

Station:

Rocky Mountain Research Station

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10980-015-0335-9

Source:

Landscape Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s10980-015-0335-9.

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Abstract

Livestock predation by tiger and leopard in Bhutan is a major threat to the conservation of these felids. Conflict mitigation planning would benefit from an improved understanding of the spatial pattern of livestock kills by the two predators.

Keywords

carnivore conservation, human-carnivore conflict, livestock predation, MaxEnt, multi-scale analysis, Panthera pardus, Panthera tigris, spatial predation risk modeling, scale optimization

Citation

Rostro-Garcia, Susana; Tharchen, Lhendup; Abade, Leandro; Astaras, Christos; Cushman, Samuel A.; Macdonald, David W. 2016. Scale dependence of felid predation risk: Identifying predictors of livestock kills by tiger and leopard in Bhutan. Landscape Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s10980-015-0335-9.