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Golden jackal, a natural disperser or an invasive alien species in Slovakia? A summary within European context

  1. TitleGolden jackal, a natural disperser or an invasive alien species in Slovakia? A summary within European context
    Author infoPeter Urban, Nuno Guimarães, Jozef Bučko
    Author Urban Peter 1962- (40%) UMBFP09 - Katedra biológie a environmentálnych štúdií
    Co-authors Guimarães Nuno Filipe 1974- (40%)
    Bučko Jozef (20%)
    Source document Folia Oecologica. Vol. 47, no. 2 (2020), pp. 89-99. - Zvolen : Ústav ekológie lesa SAV, 2020
    Keywords nepôvodné druhy   šakal zlatý - Canis aureus - golden jackal  
    Headings Geogr. Slovensko
    Form. Descr.články - journal articles
    LanguageSlovak
    CountrySlovak Republic
    AnnotationThis summary provides an overview of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) categorization in Europe with particular focus on its presence in Slovakia. The distribution range of this species in Europe has been expanding in recent decades. Currently, European population is in constant and fast increase, widening their ranges towards Central and Eastern Europe and more recently in some western countries. All over Europe, the categorization of the golden jackal status is discussed with some controversial. A recent genetic study helped to determine that golden jackals do not meet the established three criteria, which categorize a species as an invasive alien species. In Slovakia, golden jackals’ numbers grown considerably in the last decade and with an increasing of their distribution through the country it became a permanent species of the Slovak fauna. The only internal status is the hunting Act no. 274/2009, which classifies it as, game species. The fast adaptation and dispersion through Slovakia can be considered similar to the behaviour of an invasive species, as suggested in previous studies in Hungary. Based on widely accepted definitions, agreed under international legal instruments, it is quite clear that the term ‘Invasive Alien Species’ only encompasses non-native species specifically introduced by humans (intentionally or accidentally). Following this Invasive Alien Species terminology, golden jackals cannot be categorized as such in Slovakia. The natural expansion, the growing ranges, and the increase in numbers of the golden jackal in Slovakia in the last decades points to a need to improve the knowledge of the species.
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    Public work category ADN
    No. of Archival Copy48754
    Catal.org.BB301 - Univerzitná knižnica Univerzity Mateja Bela v Banskej Bystrici
    Databasexpca - PUBLIKAČNÁ ČINNOSŤ
    ReferencesPERIODIKÁ-Súborný záznam periodika
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