What makes a major change of wildlife management policy possible? Institutional analysis of Polish wolf governance

Niedziałkowski, Krzysztof; Putkowska-Smoter, Renata

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231601

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“…Of particular interest are the results obtained in terms of attitude comparisons between periods as far as conservationists are concerned. Contrary to the first period in which only positive attitudes were reported, during the second one, one negative [67] and two neutral attitudes [22,59] were registered. Niedziałkowski and Putkowska-Smoter (2020) [67] stated that some foresters benefitted from organising wolf hunts for Polish and international hunters, while others believe in and recognize the ecological value of wolves within the ecosystem (i.e., through limiting ungulate densities, they indirectly have a positive impact on forest plantations).…”

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“…Contrary to the first period in which only positive attitudes were reported, during the second one, one negative [67] and two neutral attitudes [22,59] were registered. Niedziałkowski and Putkowska-Smoter (2020) [67] stated that some foresters benefitted from organising wolf hunts for Polish and international hunters, while others believe in and recognize the ecological value of wolves within the ecosystem (i.e., through limiting ungulate densities, they indirectly have a positive impact on forest plantations). However, at the local and regional levels, foresters did not particularly endorse wolf protection and sometimes outright criticized conservation initiatives.…”

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The Return of Large Carnivores and Extensive Farming Systems: A Review of Stakeholders’ Perception at an EU Level

Franchini

Corazzin

Bovolenta

et al. 2021

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Conflicts between large carnivores and human activities undermine both the maintenance of livestock practices as well as the conservation of carnivores across Europe. Because large carnivore management is driven by a common EU policy, the purpose of this research was to assess stakeholders’ perception towards bears and wolves at an EU level. We conducted a systematic search and subsequent analysis of 40 peer-reviewed studies collected from 1990 to September 2020 within Member States of the EU. Rural inhabitants and hunters exhibited the most negative attitude compared to urban inhabitants and conservationists, whose attitude was more positive. We showed that direct experience with predators as a consequence of ongoing re-colonization may have affected the degree of acceptance of certain categories and that the long-term coexistence between humans and carnivores does not necessarily imply increased tolerance. To encourage coexistence, we recommend monitoring changes in attitudes over time relative to carnivore population dynamics.

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The Return of Large Carnivores and Extensive Farming Systems: A Review of Stakeholders’ Perception at an EU Level

Franchini

Corazzin

Bovolenta

et al. 2021

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“…One of the definitive hosts for this tapeworm is wolf Canis lupus ( Filip and Demiaszkiewicz, 2016 ). The growing population of wolves in Poland, resulting from effective protection since 1998 ( Niedziałkowski and Putkowska-Smoter, 2020 ), may lead to an increase of E . granulosus infection in moose and other wild ruminants as intermediate hosts, required for the development of eggs to the larval stages (e.g.…”

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Sex-biased polyparasitism in moose (Alces alces) based on molecular analysis of faecal samples

Świsłocka

Borkowska

Matosiuk

et al. 2020

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife

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Simultaneous infection with multiple parasite species in an individual host is often observed in wild populations. The understanding of parasite species distribution across populations of wild animals is of basic and applied importance, because parasites can have pronounced effects on the dynamics of host population. Here, we quantified prevalence and endoparasite species richness in moose and explored sex-biased polyparasitism using diagnostic PCR method coupled with DNA sequencing of moose faecal samples from the Biebrza River valley, North-Eastern Poland. This is the largest moose population in Central Europe that has not been harvested for almost 20 years. We also evaluated the appropriate quantity of faeces for detecting DNA of parasite species. Faecal samples were screened for molecular markers of 10 different species of endoparasites. Endoparasite prevalence was high in the studied population. Almost all of the samples (98%) tested positive for at least one parasite species, and we found polyparasitism in the majority of the tested individuals. The number of different parasite species found in a single individual ranged from 0 to 9. The parasite species richness was significantly higher in male than in female individuals. The most prevalent were liver fluke Parafasciolopsis fasciolaemorpha and gastrointestinal nematodes Ostertargia sp. Of the ten endoparasite species detected, only the prevalence of the tapeworm Moniezia benedeni was significantly higher in males than in females. Additionally, we identified co-occurrence associations of parasite species, which tended to be random, but we noted some evidence of both positive and negative associations. Our findings promote applications of molecular methods for parasite species identification from non-invasively collected faecal samples in management and scientific study of moose population, which should include investigation of parasite status, and in health monitoring programs for other wild cervids.

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Wolves in the borderland – changes in population and wolf diet in Romincka Forest along the Polish–Russian–Lithuanian state borders

Nowak,

Szewczyk,

Stępniak

et al. 2024

Wildlife Biology

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We assessed changes in the population size, density, and diet composition of wolves inhabiting the Romincka Forest (RF), an area of 480 km2 situated along the state border between Poland, Russian Federation (Kaliningrad), and Lithuania. We compared the results of our research in 2020–2021 with data from other projects conducted since 1999. We found that both packs living in RF had transboundary territories. The number of packs was stable over 21 years; the average pack size almost doubled (from 4–4.5 to 7.5–8 wolves per pack); the total wolf numbers increased 1.8 times, reaching 15–16 wolves; and the density increased 1.5 times up to 3.1–3.3 wolves/100 km2 in winter 2020/2021. Our analyses of 165 scats revealed that beavers Castor fiber made up 45.6% of food biomass in the wolf diet in 2020, which was 3.4 times more than in 1999–2004 (n = 84 scats,13.4%). Wild ungulates constituted 44.8% of the wolf food biomass in 2020, 1.6 times less than before (71.1%). In our study, among wild ungulates, wolves primarily consumed roe deer Capreolus capreolus (22.6% of food biomass), then wild boars Sus scrofa (13.7%), and red deer Cervus elaphus (5.0%), while moose Alces alces was eaten rarely (0.4%). We also recorded domestic dogs (4.9% of food biomass) and cattle (3.1%). The food niche breadth was wider (B = 2.31) than in the earlier period (B = 1.84), and the Pianka index showed moderate similarity in food composition between both periods (α = 0.816). In November 2022, due to the migration crisis, a 199 km impermeable fence along the state border with Kaliningrad was erected, which blocked access to 48% of the RF area that was regularly used by the resident wolf packs. This may cause wolf numbers to decrease and isolation from the central part of the Baltic wolf population to which they belong, according to our DNA analyses.

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What makes a major change of wildlife management policy possible? Institutional analysis of Polish wolf governance

Cited by 13 publications

References 71 publications

The Return of Large Carnivores and Extensive Farming Systems: A Review of Stakeholders’ Perception at an EU Level

The Return of Large Carnivores and Extensive Farming Systems: A Review of Stakeholders’ Perception at an EU Level

Sex-biased polyparasitism in moose (Alces alces) based on molecular analysis of faecal samples

Wolves in the borderland – changes in population and wolf diet in Romincka Forest along the Polish–Russian–Lithuanian state borders

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