Dryad
Published November 21, 2015 | Version v1
Dataset Open

Data from: Recovery of large carnivores in Europe's modern human-dominated landscapes

Authors/Creators

  • 1. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
  • 2. University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
  • 3. Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
  • 4. KORA, Thunstrasse 31, 3074 Muri bei Bern, Switzerland.*
  • 5. University of Zagreb
  • 6. State Nature Conservancy of Slovak Republic, Tajovskeho 28B, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.*
  • 7. University of Porto
  • 8. Harz Nationalpark, Lindenallee 35, 38855 Wernigerode, Germany.*
  • 9. Nature Research Centre
  • 10. Association for Nature Conservation "Baltijos vilkas," Visoriu 6A-54, 08300 Vilnius, Lithuania.*
  • 11. Slovak Wildlife Society, Post Office Box 72, 03301 Liptovsky Hradok, Slovakia.*
  • 12. University of Tirana
  • 13. Wolf Project, Consultores en Biología de la Conservación, Calle Manuela Malasana 24, 28004 Madrid, Spain.*
  • 14. Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
  • 15. Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania
  • 16. Sapienza University of Rome
  • 17. Balkani Wildlife Society, Boulevard Dragan Tzankov 8, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.*
  • 18. Lynx Project Austria Northwest, Linzerstrasse 14, 4170 Haslach/Mühl, Austria.*
  • 19. Nationalpark Kalkalpen, Nationalpark Zentrum Molln, Nationalpark Allee 1, 4591 Molln, Austria.*
  • 20. Provincia Autonoma di Trento
  • 21. Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Viikinkaari 4, 00790 Helsinki, Finland.*
  • 22. Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania, Rruga Vangjush Furxhi 16/1/10, Tirana, Albania.*
  • 23. Callisto Wildlife and Nature Conservation Society, Mitropoleos 123, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece.*
  • 24. Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Department of Silviculture, Transilvania University, 1 Beethoven Lane, 500123 Brașov, Romania.*
  • 25. State Institute for Nature Protection
  • 26. University of Ljubljana
  • 27. LUPUS – German Institute for Wolf Mnitoring and Research, Dorfstrasse 20, 02979 Spreewitz, Germany.*
  • 28. Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Oulu Game and Fisheries Research, Tutkijantie 2E, 90570 Oulu, Finland.*
  • 29. Technical University of Zvolen
  • 30. University of Sarajevo
  • 31. Mendel University Brno
  • 32. Estonian Environment Agency, Rõõmu tee 2, 51013 Tartu, Estonia.*
  • 33. Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage
  • 34. Centro Gestione e Conservazione Grandi Carnivori, Piazza Regina Elena 30, Valdieri 12010, Italy.*
  • 35. Macedonian Ecological Society, Arhimedova 5, Skopje 1000, FYR Macedonia.*
  • 36. National Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Food Safety and Veterinary Institute, Rruga Aleksandër Moisiu 10 Tirana, Albania.*
  • 37. University of Warsaw
  • 38. Association for Nature "Wolf," Twardorzeczka 229, 34-324 Lipowa, Poland.*
  • 39. Latvian State Forest Research Institute "Silava," Rīgas Iela 111, Salaspils, 2169 Latvia.*
  • 40. Fundación Oso Pardo, Calle San Luis 17, 4° A, 39010 Santander, Spain.*
  • 41. Natural History Museum, Njegoseva 51, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.*
  • 42. Istituto di Ecologia Applicata, Via B. Eustachio 10, 00161 Rome, Italy.*
  • 43. St. István Unversity Institute for Wildlife Conservation, Páter Károly 1, 2103 Gödöllő, Hungary.*
  • 44. Friends of the Earth Czech Republic, Olomouc Branch, Dolní Náměstí 38, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.*
  • 45. Hedmark University College, Evenstad, 2480 Koppang, Norway.*
  • 46. Bavarian Agency of Environment, Hans-Högn-Strasse 12, 95030 Hof/Saale, Germany.*
  • 47. Lynx Project Bavaria, Trailling 1a, 93462 Lam, Germany.*
  • 48. Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology/Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski," Boulevard Dragan Tzankov 8, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.*

Description

The conservation of large carnivores is a formidable challenge for biodiversity conservation. Using a data set on the past and current status of brown bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), gray wolves (Canis lupus), and wolverines (Gulo gulo) in European countries, we show that roughly one-third of mainland Europe hosts at least one large carnivore species, with stable or increasing abundance in most cases in 21st-century records. The reasons for this overall conservation success include protective legislation, supportive public opinion, and a variety of practices making coexistence between large carnivores and people possible. The European situation reveals that large carnivores and people can share the same landscape.

Notes

Archive of map shape files
Shape files of current and historical distribution maps of large carnivore species in Europe
large_carnivores_europe_maps.zip

Files

large_carnivores_europe_maps.zip

Files (3.5 MB)

Name Size Download all
md5:034c6e363926ef60c28651dd0628a3e7
3.5 MB Preview Download

Additional details

Related works

Is cited by
10.1126/science.1257553 (DOI)