Conflict and cooperation in the management of European rabbit <i>Oryctolagus cuniculus</i> damage to agriculture in Spain

Delibes‐Mateos, Miguel; Arroyo, Beatriz; Ruiz, Jorge Ruiz; Garrido, Fernando; Redpath, Stephen M.; Villafuerte, Rafael

doi:10.1002/pan3.10157

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“…Rabbit populations have been greatly reduced to the point of being seriously threatened in recent years. Rabbits have a bad reputation in some areas because they conflict with human beings [ 120 ]. This conflict has led to the thinking that they exist in excess, which has hindered the creation of conservation awareness.…”

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What Are the Keys to the Adaptive Success of European Wild Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula?

Marín-Garcia

Llobat

2021

Animals

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The European wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) plays an important ecological role in the ecosystems of the Iberian Peninsula. Recently, rabbit populations have drastically reduced, so the species is now considered endangered. However, in some places, this animal is considered a pest. This is the conservation paradox of the 21st century: the wild rabbit is both an invasive alien and an endangered native species. The authors of this review aimed to understand the keys to the adaptive success of European rabbits, addressing all aspects of their biology in order to provide the keys to the ecological management of this species. Aspects including nutrition, genetics, immunity interactions with the environment, behaviour, and conflict with human activities were reviewed. Ultimately, rabbits are resilient and adaptable. The main adaptations that explain the rabbit’s adaptive success are its nutrition (wide adaptation to food and good nutritional use of caecotrophy), immune system (powerful and developed), and other aspects related to genetics and behaviour. Rabbits’ relationship with humans has led them to colonise other places where they have become pests. Despite these adaptations, populations in native places have been drastically reduced in recent years. Since it serves as a bastion of the Mediterranean ecosystem, a specific conservation program for this species must be carried out. Therefore, a study of the rabbit’s response to diseases and nutrition (especially protein), as well as the interaction between them, is of special interest.

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What Are the Keys to the Adaptive Success of European Wild Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula?

Marín-Garcia

Llobat

2021

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“…In Japan, the overpopulation of deer incentivized government ministries to increase the budget for deer-population management and for providing hunting subsidies to hunters; this in turn increased hunters' motivation and provided incentives for people to obtain hunting licenses (Igota and Suzuki 2008). However, it is important to remember that increase in game species populations does not necessarily lead to an increase in hunters' motivations, as is illustrated by a case in Spain where hunters perceived the need to reduce overpopulation by European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) as an obligation rather than a pleasant activity (Delibes-Mateos et al 2020). Therefore, we believe that a combination of hunters and wolves will decrease deer populations.…”

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Developing a system model for articulating the social-ecological impacts of species reintroduction

Sakurai,

Uehara,

Tsunoda

et al. 2024

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Reintroducing locally extinct/extirpated species has been considered as an approach for restoring ecosystems. Although such projects share the same goals of rebuilding previously affected ecosystems, the overall impacts that such reintroductions generate on both ecosystems and human society, i.e., on the social-ecological system, are difficult to measure. We propose a system dynamics approach, a platform on which both natural and social scientists could collaborate to identify the social-ecological impacts of species reintroduction as well as factors that affect such decision making. We use cases in Japan to demonstrate the potential applicability of system dynamics in terms of (1) understanding the impacts of a previously reintroduced species, the Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana), and (2) predicting the impacts of reintroduction of wolves (Canis lupus). We present a causal loop diagram of the social and ecological effects of Oriental Stork reintroduction, and we discuss how the relationships between factors could be articulated based on empirical data and ongoing projects in Japan. The model demonstrates how local residents began to appreciate the rich biodiversity, including the Oriental Stork, following its reintroduction, and how public support toward such reintroduction enhanced further projects to reintroduce these species in different parts of Japan. A similar diagram, created to illustrate the social and ecological effects of the potential reintroduction of wolves to Japan, demonstrates how social factors such as environmental education and public attitudes could affect decision making as well as ecological factors such as predator-prey dynamics and overall biodiversity. Further, humanwolf conflicts could negatively affect the overall loop. Creating causal loop diagrams can help managers and stakeholders understand that species reintroduction projects need to be considered via an interdisciplinary approach. The models illustrate that these problems are dynamic and that the factors affecting or affected by such projects change over time, implying the importance of both the spatial and temporal scales in managing reintroduction projects.

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One tool in the box: the role of hunters in mitigating the damages associated to abundant wildlife

Gortázar

Fernandez-de-Simon

2022

Eur J Wildl Res

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Conflict and cooperation in the management of European rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus damage to agriculture in Spain

Cited by 5 publications

References 56 publications

What Are the Keys to the Adaptive Success of European Wild Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula?

What Are the Keys to the Adaptive Success of European Wild Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) in the Iberian Peninsula?

Developing a system model for articulating the social-ecological impacts of species reintroduction

One tool in the box: the role of hunters in mitigating the damages associated to abundant wildlife

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