PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Chapron, Guillaume
AU  - Kaczensky, Petra
AU  - Linnell, John D. C.
AU  - von Arx, Manuela
AU  - Huber, Djuro
AU  - Andrén, Henrik
AU  - López-Bao, José Vicente
AU  - Adamec, Michal
AU  - Álvares, Francisco
AU  - Anders, Ole
AU  - Balčiauskas, Linas
AU  - Balys, Vaidas
AU  - Bedő, Péter
AU  - Bego, Ferdinand
AU  - Blanco, Juan Carlos
AU  - Breitenmoser, Urs
AU  - Brøseth, Henrik
AU  - Bufka, Luděk
AU  - Bunikyte, Raimonda
AU  - Ciucci, Paolo
AU  - Dutsov, Alexander
AU  - Engleder, Thomas
AU  - Fuxjäger, Christian
AU  - Groff, Claudio
AU  - Holmala, Katja
AU  - Hoxha, Bledi
AU  - Iliopoulos, Yorgos
AU  - Ionescu, Ovidiu
AU  - Jeremić, Jasna
AU  - Jerina, Klemen
AU  - Kluth, Gesa
AU  - Knauer, Felix
AU  - Kojola, Ilpo
AU  - Kos, Ivan
AU  - Krofel, Miha
AU  - Kubala, Jakub
AU  - Kunovac, Saša
AU  - Kusak, Josip
AU  - Kutal, Miroslav
AU  - Liberg, Olof
AU  - Majić, Aleksandra
AU  - Männil, Peep
AU  - Manz, Ralph
AU  - Marboutin, Eric
AU  - Marucco, Francesca
AU  - Melovski, Dime
AU  - Mersini, Kujtim
AU  - Mertzanis, Yorgos
AU  - Mysłajek, Robert W.
AU  - Nowak, Sabina
AU  - Odden, John
AU  - Ozolins, Janis
AU  - Palomero, Guillermo
AU  - Paunović, Milan
AU  - Persson, Jens
AU  - Potočnik, Hubert
AU  - Quenette, Pierre-Yves
AU  - Rauer, Georg
AU  - Reinhardt, Ilka
AU  - Rigg, Robin
AU  - Ryser, Andreas
AU  - Salvatori, Valeria
AU  - Skrbinšek, Tomaž
AU  - Stojanov, Aleksandar
AU  - Swenson, Jon E.
AU  - Szemethy, László
AU  - Trajçe, Aleksandër
AU  - Tsingarska-Sedefcheva, Elena
AU  - Váňa, Martin
AU  - Veeroja, Rauno
AU  - Wabakken, Petter
AU  - Wölfl, Manfred
AU  - Wölfl, Sybille
AU  - Zimmermann, Fridolin
AU  - Zlatanova, Diana
AU  - Boitani, Luigi
TI  - Recovery of large carnivores in Europe’s modern human-dominated landscapes
AID  - 10.1126/science.1257553
DP  - 2014 Dec 19
TA  - Science
PG  - 1517--1519
VI  - 346
IP  - 6216
4099  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6216/1517.short
4100  - http://science.sciencemag.org/content/346/6216/1517.full
SO  - Science2014 Dec 19; 346
AB  - The conservation of large carnivores is a formidable challenge for biodiversity conservation. Using a data set on the past and current status of brown bears (Ursus arctos), Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), gray wolves (Canis lupus), and wolverines (Gulo gulo) in European countries, we show that roughly one-third of mainland Europe hosts at least one large carnivore species, with stable or increasing abundance in most cases in 21st-century records. The reasons for this overall conservation success include protective legislation, supportive public opinion, and a variety of practices making coexistence between large carnivores and people possible. The European situation reveals that large carnivores and people can share the same landscape. Despite pessimistic forecasts, Europe's large carnivores are making a comeback. Chapron et al. report that sustainable populations of brown bear, Eurasian lynx, gray wolf, and wolverine persist in one-third of mainland Europe. Moreover, many individuals and populations are surviving and increasing outside protected areas set aside for wildlife conservation. Coexistence alongside humans has become possible, argue the authors, because of improved public opinion and protective legislation. Science, this issue p. 1517