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Friend or foe, what do the locals say? Attitudes towards the endangered Iberian wolf in Central Portugal

2024-04-01

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The endangered Iberian wolf (Canis lupus signatus) populations have been decreasing in Portugal due to a combination of factors such as habitat destruction and human persecution. This is particularly worrying in Central Portugal, where packs are highly fragmented, isolated, and with few individuals. Human-Wildlife-Conflicts occur in this area due to high levels of livestock depredation, an outcome of the low diver...

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Literature Corpus work: 6b3feb74-52ea-5ad4-8104-dfb3e6cc5c54
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-024-02819-8

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