Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection van Eeden, Lily M., Eklund, Ann, Miller, Jennifer R. B., López-Bao, Jose Vicente, Chapron, Guillaume, Cejtin, Mikael R., Crowther, Mathew S., Dickman, Christopher R., Frank, Jens, Krofel, Miha, Macdonald, David W., McManus, Jeannine, Meyer, Tara K., Middleton, Arthur D., Newsome, Thomas M., Ripple, William J., Ritchie, Euan, Schmitz, Oswald J., Stoner, Kelly J., Tourani, Mahdieh and Treves, A 2018, Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection, PLOS Biol, vol. 16, no. 9, pp. 1-8, doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005577. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads ritchie-carnivoreconservation-2018.pdf Published version application/pdf 2.09MB 64 Title Carnivore conservation needs evidence-based livestock protection Author(s) van Eeden, Lily M. Eklund, Ann Miller, Jennifer R. B. López-Bao, Jose Vicente Chapron, Guillaume Cejtin, Mikael R. Crowther, Mathew S. Dickman, Christopher R. Frank, Jens Krofel, Miha Macdonald, David W. McManus, Jeannine Meyer, Tara K. Middleton, Arthur D. Newsome, Thomas M. orcid.org/0000-0003-3457-3256 Ripple, William J. Ritchie, Euan orcid.org/0000-0003-4410-8868 Schmitz, Oswald J. Stoner, Kelly J. Tourani, Mahdieh Treves, A Journal name PLOS Biol Volume number 16 Issue number 9 Article ID e2005577 Start page 1 End page 8 Total pages 8 Publisher Public Library of Science Place of publication San Francisco, Calif. Publication date 2018-09 ISSN 1545-7885 Summary Carnivore predation on livestock often leads people to retaliate. Persecution by humans has contributed strongly to global endangerment of carnivores. Preventing livestock losses would help to achieve three goals common to many human societies: preserve nature, protect animal welfare, and safeguard human livelihoods. Between 2016 and 2018, four independent reviews evaluated >40 years of research on lethal and nonlethal interventions for reducing predation on livestock. From 114 studies, we find a striking conclusion: scarce quantitative comparisons of interventions and scarce comparisons against experimental controls preclude strong inference about the effectiveness of methods. For wise investment of public resources in protecting livestock and carnivores, evidence of effectiveness should be a prerequisite to policy making or large-scale funding of any method or, at a minimum, should be measured during implementation. An appropriate evidence base is needed, and we recommend a coalition of scientists and managers be formed to establish and encourage use of consistent standards in future experimental evaluations. Language eng DOI 10.1371/journal.pbio.2005577 Field of Research 06 Biological Sciences 11 Medical And Health Sciences 07 Agricultural And Veterinary Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Grant ID National Science Foundation Couple Human and Natural Systems (grant number 115057) Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (grant number RYC-2015-18932). National Geographic Society (Grant WW-100C-17) Copyright notice ©2018, van Eeden et al. Free to Read? Yes Use Rights Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30113943 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Open Access Collection Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (open access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 03 Oct 2018, 14:38:42 EST Thu, 04 Oct 2018, 05:00:26 EST Thu, 04 Oct 2018, 06:04:21 EST Thu, 04 Oct 2018, 14:04:33 EST Thu, 04 Oct 2018, 14:12:34 EST Fri, 05 Oct 2018, 16:30:55 EST Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 01:30:33 EST Sat, 27 Oct 2018, 01:31:13 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 61 times in TR Web of Science Cited 65 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 232 Abstract Views, 65 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 03 Oct 2018, 14:38:42 EST

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