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Josip Kusak

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Unravelling the scientific debate on how to address wolf-dog hybridization in Europe

2019

Anthropogenic hybridization is widely perceived as a threat to the conservation of biodiversity. Nevertheless, to date, relevant policy and management interventions are unresolved and highly convoluted. While this is due to the inherent complexity of the issue, we hereby hypothesize that a lack of agreement concerning management goals and approaches, within the scientific community, may explain the lack of social awareness on this phenomenon, and the absence of effective pressure on decision-makers. By focusing on wolf x dog hybridization in Europe, we hereby (a) assess the state of the art of issues on wolf x dog hybridization within the scientific community, (b) assess the conceptual base…

0106 biological sciences0301 basic medicineconservation; delphi technique; genetic admixture; introgression; lethal removal; management; ethics; values in sciencelethal removallcsh:EvolutionPsychological interventionDelphi methodConservation; Delphi technique; Ethics; Genetic admixture; Introgression; Lethal removal; Management; Values in science;01 natural sciencesHYBRIDSATLANTIC SALMONlcsh:QH359-425ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSEcologyINTROGRESSIONconservationPublic relationsViewpointsConservation; Delphi technique; Ethics; Genetic admixture; Introgression; Lethal removal; Management; Values in scienceADMIXTUREDOMESTIC DOGSIdentification (biology)C180 EcologyDisciplinemanagementDETECTING HYBRIDIZATIONCONSERVATIONintrogressionC170 Population Biology010603 evolutionary biology03 medical and health sciencesWOLVESlcsh:QH540-549.5Political scienceValues in scienceMANAGEMENTSocial consciousnessEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsEthicsC300 Zoologybusiness.industryInterpretation (philosophy)C182 Evolutionconservation ; delphi technique ; genetic admixture ; introgression ; lethal removal ; management ; ethics ; values in science15. Life on landethics030104 developmental biologyConceptual frameworklcsh:Ecologydelphi techniquevalues in science[SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and EcologyCONSENSUSbusinessgenetic admixture
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New highways and maintenance of large carnivore habitat continuity – a Croatian experience

2018

Brown bears (Ursus arctos), grey wolves (Canis lupus) and Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) inhabiting the Dinara Mountains of Croatia belong to the large and stable population of these large carnivores nearest to the Alps. Together with the neighboring Slovenian population segment, they comprise the source for recolonization of the Alps and much of Western Europe, either through natural migrations or transplanting of captured animals. The new highway has been constructed through the main portion of the large carnivore's core area in Gorski kotar during the period from 1996 to 2004. The current large carnivore range in Croatia was intersected with a fenced highway, possibly splitting the Dinaric mo…

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