Demographic factors contributing to high raccoon densities in urban landscapes

By S. Prange, S. Gehrt, E. Wiggers. 2003

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Subfields: Agronomy and Crop Science, Ecology, Small Animals

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Conservation and ecological implications of the use of space by chilla foxes and free-ranging dogs in a human-dominated landscape in southern Chile (2010, result): “This suggests that in the absence of risk the pattern could be the reverse, as reported for other carnivores (Prange et al. 2003; Deplazes et al. 2004; Killian 2005) and anecdotally observed for the chilla in several areas (J. E. Jiménez, pers. obs., 2006).”
CARNIVORE OCCURRENCE ALONG AN URBAN–RURAL GRADIENT: A LANDSCAPE-LEVEL ANALYSIS (2006, background): “Raccoons, in particular, may achieve their highest densities in urban areas (Prange et al. 2003), due in part to maintaining consistently smaller home-range sizes than rural conspecifics (Prange et al. 2004) and their omnivorous feeding habits.”
Interference competition between coyotes and raccoons: a test of the mesopredator release hypothesis (2007, methodology): “Scent-station experiments were conducted on the MMWF and on a second area, the 1816-ha Poplar Creek Forest Preserve, which is located in Cook County, also in northeastern Illinois.”
Big city life: carnivores in urban environments (2012, background): “Similarly, in addition to their better physical condition, urban raccoons demonstrate increased survival and higher annual recruitment compared with rural animals and subsequently increased site fidelity and higher population densities (Hoffmann & Gottschang, 1977; Rosatte et al., 1991; Riley, Hadid”
Changes in mesopredator-community structure in response to urbanization (2004, background): “1991), and raccoon densities were greater at our urbanized sites than at our rural site (Prange et al. 2003).”
INFLUENCES OF ANTHROPOGENIC RESOURCES ON RACCOON (PROCYON LOTOR) MOVEMENTS AND SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION (2004, background): “Thus, diseases will exert a greater influence on population dynamics of raccoons in urbanized areas (Prange et al. 2003).”
Behavior Change in Urban Mammals: A Systematic Review (2020, background): “, 2019), we were surprised at the apparent lack of interest in their behavior which does not align with on-the-ground management needs (Prange et al., 2003; Urbanek et al., 2011).”
Habitat urbanization and its effects on birds (2015, background): “…corvids (Jokimäki & Huhta 2000, Marzluff et al. 2001, Marzluff & Neatherlin 2006) or mammalian, omnivorous mesopredators (e.g. raccoons, mustelids; Prange et al. 2003, Herr et al. 2008, TÓth et al. 2011, Červinka et al. 2014) are frequently higher in urban environments compared to adjacent, more…”
Are urban systems beneficial, detrimental, or indifferent for biological invasion? (2017, background): “Many North American cities have experienced massive increases in small to medium sized mammals because of greater food availability and largely predator-free habitats (Bowers and Breland 1996; Gering and Blair 1999; Prange et al. 2003).”
Spatial and Temporal Structure of a Mesocarnivore Guild in Midwestern North America (2015, background): “Raccoons use a variety of habitats and readily associate with human-derived resources (Prange et al. 2003).”
Shifts in bat community structure related to evolved traits and features of human-altered landscapes (2008, background): “Additionally, bats may experience higher densities of mesocarnivore predators, such as raccoons (Procyon lotor), in urban areas (Prange et al. 2003; Sparks et al. 2003; Prange and Gehrt 2004).”