Human shielding from wolves facilitates jackal expansion across Europe.
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| author | Ranc, Nathan Wilmers, Christopher C Maiorano, Luigi Warton, David I Álvares, Francisco Cagnacci, Francesca Hatlauf, Jennifer Acosta-Pankov, Ilya Banea, Ovidiu Berce, Tomaž Červinka, Jaroslav Ćirović, Duško Ćosić, Nada Gál, László Giannatos, Giorgos Guimarães, Nuno F Heltai, Miklós Ivanov, Gjorge Lanszki, József Lapini, Luca Männil, Peep Melovski, Dime Migli, Despina Pavanello, Marco Penezić, Aleksandra Petrova, Anelia Šálek, Martin Sallay-Mosoi, Alexandra Selanec, Ivana Selimovic, Aldin Sforna, Tobia Stojanov, Aleksandar Szabó, László Tarman, Jasna Trbojević, Igor Trbojević, Tijana Urban, Peter Krofel, Miha |
| author_facet | Ranc, Nathan Wilmers, Christopher C Maiorano, Luigi Warton, David I Álvares, Francisco Cagnacci, Francesca Hatlauf, Jennifer Acosta-Pankov, Ilya Banea, Ovidiu Berce, Tomaž Červinka, Jaroslav Ćirović, Duško Ćosić, Nada Gál, László Giannatos, Giorgos Guimarães, Nuno F Heltai, Miklós Ivanov, Gjorge Lanszki, József Lapini, Luca Männil, Peep Melovski, Dime Migli, Despina Pavanello, Marco Penezić, Aleksandra Petrova, Anelia Šálek, Martin Sallay-Mosoi, Alexandra Selanec, Ivana Selimovic, Aldin Sforna, Tobia Stojanov, Aleksandar Szabó, László Tarman, Jasna Trbojević, Igor Trbojević, Tijana Urban, Peter Krofel, Miha Ranc, Nathan Wilmers, Christopher C Maiorano, Luigi Warton, David I Álvares, Francisco Cagnacci, Francesca Hatlauf, Jennifer Acosta-Pankov, Ilya Banea, Ovidiu Berce, Tomaž Červinka, Jaroslav Ćirović, Duško Ćosić, Nada Gál, László Giannatos, Giorgos Guimarães, Nuno F Heltai, Miklós Ivanov, Gjorge Lanszki, József Lapini, Luca Männil, Peep Melovski, Dime Migli, Despina Pavanello, Marco Penezić, Aleksandra Petrova, Anelia Šálek, Martin Sallay-Mosoi, Alexandra Selanec, Ivana Selimovic, Aldin Sforna, Tobia Stojanov, Aleksandar Szabó, László Tarman, Jasna Trbojević, Igor Trbojević, Tijana Urban, Peter Krofel, Miha |
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| contents | Human shielding from wolves facilitates jackal expansion across Europe. Ranc, Nathan Wilmers, Christopher C Maiorano, Luigi Warton, David I Álvares, Francisco Cagnacci, Francesca Hatlauf, Jennifer Acosta-Pankov, Ilya Banea, Ovidiu Berce, Tomaž Červinka, Jaroslav Ćirović, Duško Ćosić, Nada Gál, László Giannatos, Giorgos Guimarães, Nuno F Heltai, Miklós Ivanov, Gjorge Lanszki, József Lapini, Luca Männil, Peep Melovski, Dime Migli, Despina Pavanello, Marco Penezić, Aleksandra Petrova, Anelia Šálek, Martin Sallay-Mosoi, Alexandra Selanec, Ivana Selimovic, Aldin Sforna, Tobia Stojanov, Aleksandar Szabó, László Tarman, Jasna Trbojević, Igor Trbojević, Tijana Urban, Peter Krofel, Miha Animals Wolves Europe Humans Human Activities Population Dynamics Conservation of Natural Resources Animal Distribution Anthropogenic Effects Ecosystem Among the many pathways through which human activity can shape biodiversity patterns, modification of biotic interactions tends to be overlooked. Here we show how interacting anthropogenic, biotic and abiotic factors drive the continental-scale expansion of a highly adaptive mesocarnivore, the golden jackal. Using a dataset of playback surveys conducted across Europe, we find that the presence of an apex predator, the grey wolf, is the primary factor limiting jackal occurrence. However, a human presence acts as a shield that considerably reduces the strength of wolf suppression and provides jackals refuge near people. Our fitted distribution model predicts that jackals have the potential to expand until they occupy 75% of the continent, almost six times larger than their current range. The ongoing recovery of wolves in Europe could reduce suitable areas for expanding jackals by up to 18% in the near future, but a persistent human-shield effect, coupled with climate warming and landscape modification, is expected to sustain continued jackal expansion across the continent. Our results illustrate how cascading anthropogenic impacts can hamper the ecological benefits provided by apex predator recovery. |
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| spellingShingle | Human shielding from wolves facilitates jackal expansion across Europe. Ranc, Nathan Wilmers, Christopher C Maiorano, Luigi Warton, David I Álvares, Francisco Cagnacci, Francesca Hatlauf, Jennifer Acosta-Pankov, Ilya Banea, Ovidiu Berce, Tomaž Červinka, Jaroslav Ćirović, Duško Ćosić, Nada Gál, László Giannatos, Giorgos Guimarães, Nuno F Heltai, Miklós Ivanov, Gjorge Lanszki, József Lapini, Luca Männil, Peep Melovski, Dime Migli, Despina Pavanello, Marco Penezić, Aleksandra Petrova, Anelia Šálek, Martin Sallay-Mosoi, Alexandra Selanec, Ivana Selimovic, Aldin Sforna, Tobia Stojanov, Aleksandar Szabó, László Tarman, Jasna Trbojević, Igor Trbojević, Tijana Urban, Peter Krofel, Miha Animals Wolves Europe Humans Human Activities Population Dynamics Conservation of Natural Resources Animal Distribution Anthropogenic Effects Ecosystem Human shielding from wolves facilitates jackal expansion across Europe. Ranc, Nathan Wilmers, Christopher C Maiorano, Luigi Warton, David I Álvares, Francisco Cagnacci, Francesca Hatlauf, Jennifer Acosta-Pankov, Ilya Banea, Ovidiu Berce, Tomaž Červinka, Jaroslav Ćirović, Duško Ćosić, Nada Gál, László Giannatos, Giorgos Guimarães, Nuno F Heltai, Miklós Ivanov, Gjorge Lanszki, József Lapini, Luca Männil, Peep Melovski, Dime Migli, Despina Pavanello, Marco Penezić, Aleksandra Petrova, Anelia Šálek, Martin Sallay-Mosoi, Alexandra Selanec, Ivana Selimovic, Aldin Sforna, Tobia Stojanov, Aleksandar Szabó, László Tarman, Jasna Trbojević, Igor Trbojević, Tijana Urban, Peter Krofel, Miha Animals Wolves Europe Humans Human Activities Population Dynamics Conservation of Natural Resources Animal Distribution Anthropogenic Effects Ecosystem Among the many pathways through which human activity can shape biodiversity patterns, modification of biotic interactions tends to be overlooked. Here we show how interacting anthropogenic, biotic and abiotic factors drive the continental-scale expansion of a highly adaptive mesocarnivore, the golden jackal. Using a dataset of playback surveys conducted across Europe, we find that the presence of an apex predator, the grey wolf, is the primary factor limiting jackal occurrence. However, a human presence acts as a shield that considerably reduces the strength of wolf suppression and provides jackals refuge near people. Our fitted distribution model predicts that jackals have the potential to expand until they occupy 75% of the continent, almost six times larger than their current range. The ongoing recovery of wolves in Europe could reduce suitable areas for expanding jackals by up to 18% in the near future, but a persistent human-shield effect, coupled with climate warming and landscape modification, is expected to sustain continued jackal expansion across the continent. Our results illustrate how cascading anthropogenic impacts can hamper the ecological benefits provided by apex predator recovery. |
| title | Human shielding from wolves facilitates jackal expansion across Europe. |
| topic | Animals Wolves Europe Humans Human Activities Population Dynamics Conservation of Natural Resources Animal Distribution Anthropogenic Effects Ecosystem |
| url | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42185650/ |