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Trophic cascades in European temperate forests; non-lethal effects of large carnivores on ungulate-tree interactions

2012/05/B/NZ8/01010

Keywords:

behaviourally-mediated cascading effects predation ecology of fear anti-predator response tree regeneration

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_2: Ecology
  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour
  • NZ8_4: Biodiversity

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Instytut Biologii Ssaków PAN

woj. mazowieckie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Dries Kuijper 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 8

Call: OPUS 3 - announced on 2012-03-15

Amount awarded: 406 978 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2013-01-24

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2016-01-23

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Dalmierz (2 400 PLN)
  2. Field map (software bundle & hardware set model 'Antelope') (61 032 PLN)
  3. foto-pułapki (52 000 PLN)
  4. odbiorniki GPS (3 900 PLN)
  5. Laptop (3 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (8)
  • Book publications / chapters in book publications (2)
  1. Drivers of synchronized vigilance in wild boar groups
    Authors:
    Podgórski, T., de Jong, S., Bubnicki, J.W., Kuijper, D.P.J., Churski, M., Jędrzejewska, B.
    Academic press:
    Behavioral Ecology (rok: 2016, tom: -, strony: 27: 1097–1103), Wydawca: Oxford Journals
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/beheco/arw016 - link to the publication
  2. Hunting for fear: innovating management of human-wildlife conflicts
    Authors:
    Cromsigt, J.P.G.M., Kuijper, D.P.J., Adam, M., Beschta, R.L., Churski, M., Eycott, A., Kerley, G.I.H., Mysterud, A., Schmidt, K., West, K.
    Academic press:
    Journal of Applied Ecology (rok: 2013, tom: -, strony: 50: 544–549), Wydawca: British Ecological Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/1365-2664.12076 - link to the publication
  3. Landscape of fear in Europe: wolves affect spatial patterns of ungulate browsing in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland
    Authors:
    Kuijper, D.P.J., de Kleine, C., Churski, M., van Hooft, P., Bubnicki, J., Jędrzejewska, B.
    Academic press:
    Ecography (rok: 2013, tom: -, strony: 36: 1263–1275), Wydawca: John Wiley & Sons Ltd
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/j.1600-0587.2013.00266.x - link to the publication
  4. A death trap" in the landscape of fear
    Authors:
    Schmidt, K., Kuijper, D.P.J.
    Academic press:
    Mammal Research (rok: 2015, tom: -, strony: 60: 275-284), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s13364-015-0229-x - link to the publication
  5. Behavioural responses of ungulates to indirect cues of an ambush predator
    Authors:
    Wikenros, C., Kuijper, D.P.J., Behnke, R., Schmidt, K.
    Academic press:
    Behaviour 152: 1019–1040 (1.401). (rok: 2015, tom: -, strony: 152:1019-1040), Wydawca: Brill N.V.
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1163/1568539X-00003266 - link to the publication
  6. Context-dependence of risk effects: wolves and tree logs create patches of fear in an old-growth forest
    Authors:
    Kuijper, D.P.J., Bubnicki, J.W., Churski, M., Mols, B., van Hooft, P.
    Academic press:
    Behavioral Ecology (rok: 2015, tom: -, strony: 26: 1558-1568.), Wydawca: Oxford Journals
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1093/beheco/arv107 - link to the publication
  7. Long-term decline in a salt marsh hare population largely driven by bottom-up factors
    Authors:
    Schrama, M., Kuijper, D.P.J., Veeneklaas, R.M., Bakker, J.P.
    Academic press:
    Ecoscience (rok: 2015, tom: -, strony: 22: 71-82.), Wydawca: Taylor & Francis
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1080/11956860.2015.1079409 - link to the publication
  8. What cues do ungulates use to assess predation risk in dense temperate forests?
    Authors:
    Kuijper, D.P.J., Verwijmeren M., Churski, M., Zbyryt, A, Schmidt, K., Jędrzejewska, B., Smit, C.
    Academic press:
    PLoS ONE (rok: 2014, tom: -, strony: 9(1): e84607), Wydawca: PLOS
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1371/journal.pone.0084607. - link to the publication
  1. Bottom-up and top-down forces shaping wooded ecosystems: Lessons from a cross-biome comparison
    Authors:
    Kuijper, D.P.J., te Beest, M., Churski, M., Cromsigt, J.P.G.M.
    Book:
    Trophic Ecology: Bottom-up and top-down interactions across aquatic and terrestrial Systems (rok: 2015, tom: -, strony: 107-133), Wydawca: Ecological reviews, Cambridge University Press
    Status:
    Published
  2. Bottom-up and top-down interactions in coastal interface systems
    Authors:
    Bakker, J.P., Nielsen, K.J., Alberti, J., Chan, F., Hacker, S.D., Iribarne, O.O., Kuijper, D.P.J., Menge, B., Schrama, M., Silliman, B.R.
    Book:
    Trophic Ecology: Bottom-up and top-down interactions across aquatic and terrestrial Systems (rok: 2015, tom: -, strony: 157-200.), Wydawca: Ecological reviews, Cambridge University Press
    Status:
    Published