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ArticleConservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology2025

Coexisting with large carnivores based on the Volterra principle.

Mark S Boyce, Cecile A E Carpentier, John D C Linnell

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Article in Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Mark S BoyceDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.ORCID 0000-0001-5811-325X
Cecile A E CarpentierDepartment of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Inland Norway, Koppang, Norway.ORCID 0009-0007-6092-524X
John D C LinnellDepartment of Forestry and Wildlife Management, University of Inland Norway, Koppang, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-8370-5633

Funding

Alberta Conservation AssociationBiodiversa+ GA N°101052342Høgskolen i InnlandetNatural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RES0061179Norges Forskningsråd 342821
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coexistence with large carnivores represents one of the world's highest profile conservation challenges. Ecologists have identified ecological benefits derived from large carnivores (and large herbivores), yet livestock depredation, perceived competition for shared game, risks to pets and humans, and social conflicts often lead to demands for reduction of predator numbers from a range of stakeholder groups. Nearly 100 years ago, Vito Volterra predicted that increased mortality on both prey and predators results in increased abundance of prey and decreased abundance of predators. This principle appears to be robust and often consistent with the objectives of wildlife management. Although seldom recognized, and rarely tested in the field, the Volterra principle is a fundamental outcome of ecological theory with important implications for conservation.

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CarnivoraCarnivoryConservation of Natural ResourcesAnimalsFood ChainPredatory Behaviorcaceríacarnivorescarnívoroscoexistencecoexistenciadepredacióndepredador‐presadinámicashuntingpredationpredator–prey dynamicsprincipio de VolterraVolterra principlewolves

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PMID39876533
PMCPMC12309655

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