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Evaluating diversionary feeding as a method to resolve conservation conflicts in a recovering ecosystem
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dc.contributor.author | Bamber, Jack A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Kortland, Kenny | |
dc.contributor.author | Sutherland, Chris | |
dc.contributor.author | Payo‐Payo, Ana | |
dc.contributor.author | Lambin, Xavier | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-22T15:30:18Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-22T15:30:18Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-06-19 | |
dc.identifier | 305547554 | |
dc.identifier | dce0aed8-1fce-483a-942a-ddf96140d0a2 | |
dc.identifier | 85196263119 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Bamber , J A , Kortland , K , Sutherland , C , Payo‐Payo , A & Lambin , X 2024 , ' Evaluating diversionary feeding as a method to resolve conservation conflicts in a recovering ecosystem ' , Journal of Applied Ecology , vol. Early View . https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14693 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0021-8901 | |
dc.identifier.other | Jisc: 2076858 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0003-2073-1751/work/164024020 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/30251 | |
dc.description | Funding: Scottish University Partnership of Environmental Research (SUPER DTP), Grant/Award Number: NE/S007342/1; Forestry and Land Scotland. | en |
dc.description.abstract | 1. The recovery of mammalian predators of conservation concern in Europe is a success story, but their impact on some prey species of conservation concern may cause conservation dilemmas. This calls for effective intervention strategies that mitigate predator impacts without compromising their recovery. 2. We evaluated diversionary feeding as a management intervention tool to reduce depredation on nests of rapidly declining Western capercaillies in Scotland. We studied the influence of diversionary feeding provision on the fates of artificial nests deployed using a replicated and representative randomised landscape-scale experiment. This comprised 30 'paired' control (no diversionary feeding) and treatment (diversionary feeding applied) sites, 60 in total, each containing six artificial nests distributed across 600 km2. The experiment was replicated over 2 years, and in the second year, the control-treatment pairs were reversed, yielding 60 treatment and 60 control sites and 720 artificial nests. 3. Diversionary feeding substantially reduced depredation of artificial nests, translating into an 82.5% increase in predicted nest survival over 28 days of incubation. The increase in survival was mostly accounted for by a reduction in the probability that a pine marten, the main nest predator, consumed or cached eggs. Diversionary food also significantly reduced nest predation by badgers, although the magnitude of this effect varied by year. 4. Synthesis and applications. Diversionary feeding is an easily employable method shown in this study to reduce predator impact (functional) without lethal (numerical) intervention. Managers should proceed with its application for conserving capercaillie in Scotland without delay. | |
dc.format.extent | 11 | |
dc.format.extent | 1005327 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Applied Ecology | en |
dc.subject | [Conservation] conflict | en |
dc.subject | Conservation intervention | en |
dc.subject | Depredation | en |
dc.subject | Non-lethal control | en |
dc.subject | Pine marten | en |
dc.subject | Predator control | en |
dc.subject | Predator management | en |
dc.subject | Western capercaillie | en |
dc.subject | QH301 Biology | en |
dc.subject | DAS | en |
dc.subject.lcc | QH301 | en |
dc.title | Evaluating diversionary feeding as a method to resolve conservation conflicts in a recovering ecosystem | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Arctic Research Centre | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Statistics | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Centre for Research into Ecological & Environmental Modelling | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.14693 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
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