ArticleScientific reports2026
Livestock guardian dogs create safer landscapes for sheep by reducing fox predation risk attributes.
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Livestock predation by carnivores drives global human-carnivore conflict. Non-lethal strategies like Livestock Guardian Dogs (LGDs) prove effective, yet their interactions with biophysical factors (e.g., habitats) and ecological variables (e.g., carnivore/prey abundance) remain poorly understood. This study evaluated whether LGD presence reduces sheep predation by Lycalopex foxes and how LGDs interact with biophysical/ecological variables shaping predation risk patterns, using Chilean Patagonia ranches as a model system. Using 2017-2018 predation data, we identified key landscape and species variables influencing risk (vegetation composition, nearest distance to road/farmstead, fox/hare abundance, LGD presence) via logistic regression on kill and random points from five ranches (two with LGDs, three without). We analyzed 94 fresh sheep carcasses killed by foxes: 26 in LGD ranches (0.77 sheep/ha) vs. 68 without LGDs (1.34 sheep/ha). Fox predation was lower with LGDs (χ
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