10.5061/DRYAD.1JWSTQJR9
Mysterud, Atle
0000-0001-8993-7382
University of Oslo
Rivrud, Inger Maren
0000-0002-9778-7422
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Viljugrein, Hildegunn
Norwegian Veterinary Institute
Gundersen, Vegard
0000-0003-3337-2479
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Rolandsen, Christer
0000-0002-5628-0385
Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
The unique spatial ecology of human hunters
Dryad
dataset
2020
Human hunters
spatial ecology
Reindeer
red deer
Moose
roe deer
Norwegian Environment Agency
https://ror.org/023jta124
2020-02-07T00:00:00Z
2020-02-07T00:00:00Z
en
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Human hunters are described as ‘superpredators’ with a unique ecology.
Chronic Wasting Disease among cervids and African swine fever among wild
boar are emerging wildlife diseases in Europe with huge economic and
cultural repercussions. Understanding hunter movements at broad scales has
implications for how to control their spread. Here we show, based on the
analysis of the settlement patterns and movements of reindeer (n = 9,685),
red deer (n = 47,845), moose (n = 60,365), and roe deer (n = 42,530)
hunters from across Norway (2001-2017), that hunter density was more
closely linked to human density than prey density, that hunters were
largely migratory, aggregated with increasing regional prey densities and
often used dogs. Hunter movements extended across Europe and to other
continents. Our results provide extensive evidence that the broad-scale
movements and residency patterns of post-industrial hunters relative to
their prey differ from those of large carnivores.
Data was collected by downloading official statistics from Statistics
Norway. Details of analysis is provided in form of code.
Please see readme files