Innovative Methods to Reduce Predation and Achieve Coexistence between Predators and Prey
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Ecology and Conservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 1071
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Decline in species populations can be partially or totally due to predation, which can be caused by invasive and native species, and is sometimes driven by human activities such as habitat destruction and fragmentation or unintentional food supplementation of predators. Recently, a new discipline called "coexistence conservation" has been proposed within conservation science, which brings together recent innovations and concepts to address the coexistence of predators and threatened prey through the development of non-lethal measures. This new approach aims to promote the adaptation of threatened fauna through the use of innovative tactics based on evolutionary processes that aim for the long-term coexistence between predators and prey by either reducing the predation of predators (through e.g., conditioned taste aversion, chemical camouflage, odour repellence, Automated Behavioural Response (ABR) systems, aversive conditioning) or by improving the adaptation of prey species to coexist with its predators (through e.g., animal pre-conditioning, in situ adaptation, targeted gene flow).
The aim of this Special Issue is to bring together the latest findings concerning the innovative tools and field experiments that address predation control by using methods that do not use the control of predator populations. Original research papers, as well as literature reviews from different research areas, such as biological conservation, wildlife management, animal translocation, policy, invasive species, animal welfare and animal behaviour with a link to prey management and conservation are also invited. Papers on additional topics and interdisciplinary studies regarding the effects of human activities that modulate or affect the predator–prey relationship and compare the effectiveness of lethal and non-lethal methods will also be considered.
Dr. Jorge Tobajas
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biological conservation
- wildlife management
- coexistence conservation
- predation control
- non-lethal methods
- predator–prey relationships
- chemical camouflage
- conditioned taste aversion
- animal pre-conditioning
- aversive conditioning
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