That’s two down! The 2nd paper of my #PhD thesis is out in Scientific Reports! 🎓 In Serra d’Arga, +80% of the #wolf's diet is horse. We used #non-invasive #genetics and #GPS to identify herds at risk and propose #conservation and #management solutions! 🐺 📄 Full paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🇵🇹 Os Garranos reduzem os ataques do lobo-ibérico a gado mais valioso, mas a pressão predatória ameaça agora os criadores desta raça autóctone. 🇬🇧 Garrano horses reduce Iberian wolf attacks on more valuable livestock, but this predatory pressure now threatens the survival of this native breed.

Horses on the Menu: "Free-ranging mountain ponies can comprise most of the Iberian #wolf diet - #horse consumption is ... often surpassing wild and domestic ungulates and potentially serving as a buffer for livestock predation" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #ulv #hest

Horses on the Menu: Patterns and Drivers of Free‐Ranging Horse Consumption by Iberian Wolves

Free-ranging mountain ponies can comprise most of the Iberian wolf diet. Through a meta-analysis of 137 studies, we show that horse consumption is shaped by prey availability, topography and human de...

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New paper out in Mammal Review! 🐺🐴 Free-ranging mountain ponies are the main prey of Iberian wolves where they coexist, surpassing both wild & domestic #ungulates. #Wolf pack size, human density & prey diversity were the main drivers of #horse consumption 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....