A review of depredation modelling across terrestrial and marine realms: State of the art and future directions

Depredation has become a major concern worldwide as it jeopardises both socio-economic activities and species conservation. While modelling can help to inform the management of these conflicts, effectiveness may be hampered by the complexity of interactions that depredation generates within socio-ecological systems. Based on a systematic literature review, we summarised current practices and identified major gaps and research priorities for depredation modelling. We found that 74% of reviewed studies used statistical models to quantify depredation levels, identify environmental or anthropogenic factors influencing these levels or assess the effectiveness of specific mitigation measures. Only 8% of studies used models incorporating elements related to the three main entities involved in depredation: human activity, depredating species and depredated resource. Such integrated modelling approaches are however crucial to comprehensively assess management trade-offs. Thus, we highlighted future research priorities to comprehensively model depredation and inform the management of human-wildlife conflicts.

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Depredation, Modelling, Human -wildlife conflict, Systematic review, Crop damage, Attack on livestock, Fisheries and aquaculture

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Clavareau Lyndsay, Marzloff Martin, Tixier Paul, Trenkel Verena (2024). A review of depredation modelling across terrestrial and marine realms: State of the art and future directions. Environmental Modelling & Software. 176. 106028 (13p.). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2024.106028, https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00885/99657/

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