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vol. 346 no. 6216 1517-1519
- Received for publication June 17, 2014
- Accepted for publication November 13, 2014
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Author Information
- Guillaume Chapron1,*,†,
- Petra Kaczensky2,
- John D. C. Linnell3,
- Manuela von Arx4,
- Djuro Huber5,
- Henrik Andrén1,
- José Vicente López-Bao1,6,†,
- Michal Adamec7,
- Francisco Álvares8,
- Ole Anders9,
- Linas Balčiauskas10,
- Vaidas Balys11,
- Péter Bedő12,
- Ferdinand Bego13,
- Juan Carlos Blanco14,
- Urs Breitenmoser4,15,
- Henrik Brøseth3,
- Luděk Bufka16,
- Raimonda Bunikyte17,
- Paolo Ciucci18,
- Alexander Dutsov19,
- Thomas Engleder20,
- Christian Fuxjäger21,
- Claudio Groff22,
- Katja Holmala23,
- Bledi Hoxha24,
- Yorgos Iliopoulos25,
- Ovidiu Ionescu26,27,
- Jasna Jeremić28,
- Klemen Jerina29,
- Gesa Kluth30,
- Felix Knauer2,
- Ilpo Kojola31,
- Ivan Kos29,
- Miha Krofel29,
- Jakub Kubala32,
- Saša Kunovac33,
- Josip Kusak5,
- Miroslav Kutal34,35,
- Olof Liberg1,
- Aleksandra Majić29,
- Peep Männil36,
- Ralph Manz4,
- Eric Marboutin37,
- Francesca Marucco38,
- Dime Melovski39,40,
- Kujtim Mersini41,
- Yorgos Mertzanis25,
- Robert W. Mysłajek42,
- Sabina Nowak43,
- John Odden3,
- Janis Ozolins44,
- Guillermo Palomero45,
- Milan Paunović46,
- Jens Persson1,
- Hubert Potočnik29,
- Pierre-Yves Quenette47,
- Georg Rauer2,
- Ilka Reinhardt30,
- Robin Rigg12,
- Andreas Ryser4,
- Valeria Salvatori48,
- Tomaž Skrbinšek29,
- Aleksandar Stojanov39,
- Jon E. Swenson3,49,
- László Szemethy50,
- Aleksandër Trajçe24,
- Elena Tsingarska-Sedefcheva19,
- Martin Váňa35,
- Rauno Veeroja36,
- Petter Wabakken51,
- Manfred Wölfl52,
- Sybille Wölfl53,
- Fridolin Zimmermann4,
- Diana Zlatanova54,
- Luigi Boitani18
- 1Grimsö Wildlife Research Station, Department of Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 73091 Riddarhyttan, Sweden.
- 2Research Institute of Wildlife Ecology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Savoyenstrasse 1, 1160 Vienna, Austria.
- 3Norwegian Institute for Nature Research, Post Office Box 5685 Sluppen, 7485 Trondheim, Norway.
- 4KORA, Thunstrasse 31, 3074 Muri bei Bern, Switzerland.
- 5Biology Department of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Heinzelova 55, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
- 6Research Unit of Biodiversity (UO/CSIC/PA), Oviedo University, 33600 Mieres, Spain.
- 7State Nature Conservancy of Slovak Republic, Tajovskeho 28B, 974 01 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
- 8CIBIO/InBio, Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Universidade do Porto, 4485-661 Vairão, Portugal.
- 9Harz Nationalpark, Lindenallee 35, 38855 Wernigerode, Germany.
- 10Nature Research Centre, Akademijos 2, 08412 Vilnius, Lithuania.
- 11Association for Nature Conservation "Baltijos vilkas," Visoriu 6A-54, 08300 Vilnius, Lithuania.
- 12Slovak Wildlife Society, Post Office Box 72, 03301 Liptovsky Hradok, Slovakia.
- 13Biology Department of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Tirana, Boulevard Zog I, Tirana, Albania.
- 14Wolf Project, Consultores en Biología de la Conservación, Calle Manuela Malasana 24, 28004 Madrid, Spain.
- 15Centre for Fish and Wildlife Health, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Bern, Länggassstrasse 122, 3012 Bern, Switzerland.
- 16Department of Game Management and Wildlife Biology, Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Kamýcká 129, 165 21 Prague, Czech Republic.
- 17Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Lithuania, Jakšto 4/9, 01105 Vilnius, Lithuania.
- 18Department of Biology and Biotechnologies, University of Rome “La Sapienza,” Viale dell’Università 32, 00185 Roma, Italy.
- 19Balkani Wildlife Society, Boulevard Dragan Tzankov 8, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.
- 20Lynx Project Austria Northwest, Linzerstrasse 14, 4170 Haslach/Mühl, Austria.
- 21Nationalpark Kalkalpen, Nationalpark Zentrum Molln, Nationalpark Allee 1, 4591 Molln, Austria.
- 22Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Servizio Foreste e Fauna, Via Trener no. 3, 38100 Trento, Italy.
- 23Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Viikinkaari 4, 00790 Helsinki, Finland.
- 24Protection and Preservation of Natural Environment in Albania, Rruga Vangjush Furxhi 16/1/10, Tirana, Albania.
- 25Callisto Wildlife and Nature Conservation Society, Mitropoleos 123, 54621 Thessaloniki, Greece.
- 26Faculty of Silviculture and Forest Engineering, Department of Silviculture, Transilvania University, 1 Beethoven Lane, 500123 Brașov, Romania.
- 27Forest Research Institute (ICAS) Bulevardul Eroilor Number 128, Voluntari, Ilfov, 077190 Romania.
- 28State Institute for Nature Protection, Trg Mažuranića 5, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
- 29University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- 30LUPUS – German Institute for Wolf Mnitoring and Research, Dorfstrasse 20, 02979 Spreewitz, Germany.
- 31Finnish Game and Fisheries Research Institute, Oulu Game and Fisheries Research, Tutkijantie 2E, 90570 Oulu, Finland.
- 32Department of Forest Protection and Game Management, Faculty of Forestry, Technical University of Zvolen, T.G. Masaryka 20, 960 53 Zvolen, Slovakia.
- 33Faculty of Forestry, University of Sarajevo, Zagrebačka 20, 71000 Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 34Department of Forest Protection and Wildlife Management, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zemědělská 3, 61300 Brno, Czech Republic.
- 35Friends of the Earth Czech Republic, Olomouc Branch, Dolní Náměstí 38, 77900 Olomouc, Czech Republic.
- 36Estonian Environment Agency, Rõõmu tee 2, 51013 Tartu, Estonia.
- 37Office National de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage, ZI Mayencin, 5 Allée de Béthléem, 38610 Gières, France.
- 38Centro Gestione e Conservazione Grandi Carnivori, Piazza Regina Elena 30, Valdieri 12010, Italy.
- 39Macedonian Ecological Society, Arhimedova 5, Skopje 1000, FYR Macedonia.
- 40Department of Wildlife Sciences, Georg-August University, Büsgenweg 3, 37077 Göttingen, Germany.
- 41National Veterinary Epidemiology Unit, Food Safety and Veterinary Institute, Rruga Aleksandër Moisiu 10 Tirana, Albania.
- 42Institute of Genetics and Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Warsaw, Pawińskiego 5a, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland.
- 43Association for Nature “Wolf,” Twardorzeczka 229, 34-324 Lipowa, Poland.
- 44Latvian State Forest Research Institute “Silava,” Rīgas Iela 111, Salaspils, 2169 Latvia.
- 45Fundación Oso Pardo, Calle San Luis 17, 4° A, 39010 Santander, Spain.
- 46Natural History Museum, Njegoseva 51, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
- 47ONCFS-CNERA PAD, Equipe Ours, Chef de Projet, Impasse de la Chapelle, 31800 Villeneuve de Rivière, France.
- 48Istituto di Ecologia Applicata, Via B. Eustachio 10, 00161 Rome, Italy.
- 49Department of Ecology and Natural Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Postbox 5003, 1432 Ås, Norway.
- 50St. István Unversity Institute for Wildlife Conservation, Páter Károly 1, 2103 Gödöllő, Hungary.
- 51Hedmark University College, Evenstad, 2480 Koppang, Norway.
- 52Bavarian Agency of Environment, Hans-Högn-Strasse 12, 95030 Hof/Saale, Germany.
- 53Lynx Project Bavaria, Trailling 1a, 93462 Lam, Germany.
- 54Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology/Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski," Boulevard Dragan Tzankov 8, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria.
- ↵*Corresponding author. E-mail: gchapron{at}carnivoreconservation.org or guillaume.chapron{at}slu.se
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↵† These authors contributed equally to this work.