Distribution and Status of the Raccoon in the Soviet Union

Aliev, F. F.; Sanderson, Glen C.

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“…Procyon lotor, originally from Central and North America, is found throughout Europe in the wild having escaped or been deliberately released from collections and is spreading in the Mediterranean (García et al, 2012;Mori et al, 2015;Lassnig et al, 2020). They were deliberately released for fur farming and hunting in Germany and the former USSR in the 1920s and 1930s (Aliev and Sanderson, 1966;Lutz, 1984). Procyon lotor is a versatile predator and can vector wildlife diseases and zoonosis, including rabies and raccoon roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis (Beltrán-Beck et al, 2012).…”

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Horizon Scanning to Predict and Prioritize Invasive Alien Species With the Potential to Threaten Human Health and Economies on Cyprus

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Invasive alien species (IAS) are known to be a major threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function and there is increasing evidence of their impacts on human health and economies globally. We undertook horizon scanning using expert-elicitation to predict arrivals of IAS that could have adverse human health or economic impacts on the island of Cyprus. Three hundred and twenty five IAS comprising 89 plants, 37 freshwater animals, 61 terrestrial invertebrates, 93 terrestrial vertebrates, and 45 marine species, were assessed during a two-day workshop involving 39 participants to derive two ranked lists: (1) IAS with potential human health impacts (20 species ranked within

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Section: Procyon Lotor Raccoonmentioning

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Horizon Scanning to Predict and Prioritize Invasive Alien Species With the Potential to Threaten Human Health and Economies on Cyprus

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“…In the 20 th Century they expanded their range into high elevations, deserts, islands off the coast of the U.S., and into Canada (Seton, 1953;Lotze and Anderson, 1979;Gehrt, 2003;Larivière, 2004). They also have been introduced into parts of Russia (Aliev and Sanderson, 1966), many parts of Europe (Lutz, 1984;Cirovic and Milenkovic, 2003) and Japan (Asano et al, 2003). Thus, they currently exist in a large range of habitats and occupy an enormous geographic range.…”

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Relative Impacts of Habitat and Geography on Raccoon Diets

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2012

The American Midland Naturalist

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“…The raccoon has proven highly successful in the past century with dramatic increases in both abundance and distribution, probably due to its skill in exploiting anthropogenic resources as well as the decimation of North American large carnivore populations [6] . In addition, the raccoon has been introduced to Japan [7] , to the former Soviet Union [8] , to the Queen Charlotte Islands in Canada [9] , and across mainland Europe [10] . Population control efforts in these areas are hampered by insufficient knowledge of raccoon population ecology outside their native range.…”

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Survival, Recruitment, and Population Growth Rate of an Important Mesopredator: The Northern Raccoon

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Populations of mesopredators (mid-sized mammalian carnivores) are expanding in size and range amid declining apex predator populations and ever-growing human presence, leading to significant ecological impacts. Despite their obvious importance, population dynamics have scarcely been studied for most mesopredator species. Information on basic population parameters and processes under a range of conditions is necessary for managing these species. Here we investigate survival, recruitment, and population growth rate of a widely distributed and abundant mesopredator, the northern raccoon (Procyon lotor), using Pradel’s temporal symmetry models and >6 years of monthly capture-mark-recapture data collected in a protected area. Monthly apparent survival probability was higher for females (0.949, 95% CI = 0.936–0.960) than for males (0.908, 95% CI = 0.893–0.920), while monthly recruitment rate was higher for males (0.091, 95% CI = 0.078–0.106) than for females (0.054, 95% CI = 0.042–0.067). Finally, monthly realized population growth rate was 1.000 (95% CI = 0.996–1.004), indicating that our study population has reached a stable equilibrium in this relatively undisturbed habitat. There was little evidence for substantial temporal variation in population growth rate or its components. Our study is one of the first to quantify survival, recruitment, and realized population growth rate of raccoons using long-term data and rigorous statistical models.

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Distribution and Status of the Raccoon in the Soviet Union

Cited by 27 publications

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Horizon Scanning to Predict and Prioritize Invasive Alien Species With the Potential to Threaten Human Health and Economies on Cyprus

Horizon Scanning to Predict and Prioritize Invasive Alien Species With the Potential to Threaten Human Health and Economies on Cyprus

Relative Impacts of Habitat and Geography on Raccoon Diets

Survival, Recruitment, and Population Growth Rate of an Important Mesopredator: The Northern Raccoon

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