Biodiversity Conservation Requires Management of Feral Domestic Animals.

Trends Ecol Evol

Fauna Australis Wildlife Laboratory, School of Agriculture and Forestry Engineering, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile; Centre for Intercultural and Indigenous Research (CIIR), Faculty of Social Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Villarrica, Chile; ECOS (Ecology-Complexity-Society) Laboratory, Centre for Local Development (CEDEL), Villarrica Campus, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Villarrica, Chile; Millennium Nucleus Centre for the Socioeconomic Impact of Environmental Policies (CESIEP), Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Published: August 2019

The proliferation of feral domestic animals (FDAs) has been favored by human-induced landscape changes, a world population becoming increasingly urban, and by inappropriate management of domestic animals. Here, we describe the impact of FDAs and the opposing views in societies that affect the decision-making process and management actions. We provide general recommendations for the participatory management of this emerging threat to biodiversity and rural ecosystems.

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