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Carnivore-livestock conflicts: determinants of wolf (Canis lupus) depredation on sheep farms in Finland

2009-12-01

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Wolves (Canis lupus) have recently expanded their distribution range into western and southern Finland, which has not hosted breeding wolves for over 100 years. This has raised concerns and public debate over wolf-livestock conflicts. Between 1998 and 2004 there were 45 wolf attacks on sheep on 34 farms. To assess the risk wolves may pose to sheep husbandry, we used data on depredation, sheep management, landscape...

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DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9657-8

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