The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula

[1] Hunting is one of the oldest and most relevant extractive activities performed by humans in nature. Over the last century hunting has experienced profound changes in developed countries, shifting from a consumption to a recreational activity and declining in some countries. However, substantial...

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Autores: Gaspar, Mario, Acevedo, Pelayo, Arrondo, Eneko, García-Martínez, Ignacio, Herrero, Juan, Pascual Rico, Roberto, Sánchez-Zapata, José A., Anadón, José Daniel
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Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
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Palabra clave:Hunting
Human–wildlife conflicts
Population control
Abandonment
Social–ecological systems
Wildlife management
Rural-to-urban transition
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title The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula
spellingShingle The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula
Gaspar, Mario
Hunting
Human–wildlife conflicts
Population control
Abandonment
Social–ecological systems
Wildlife management
Rural-to-urban transition
title_short The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula
title_full The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula
title_fullStr The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula
title_full_unstemmed The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula
title_sort The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gaspar, Mario
Acevedo, Pelayo
Arrondo, Eneko
García-Martínez, Ignacio
Herrero, Juan
Pascual Rico, Roberto
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
Anadón, José Daniel
author Gaspar, Mario
author_facet Gaspar, Mario
Acevedo, Pelayo
Arrondo, Eneko
García-Martínez, Ignacio
Herrero, Juan
Pascual Rico, Roberto
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
Anadón, José Daniel
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author2 Acevedo, Pelayo
Arrondo, Eneko
García-Martínez, Ignacio
Herrero, Juan
Pascual Rico, Roberto
Sánchez-Zapata, José A.
Anadón, José Daniel
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)
European Commission
Acevedo, Pelayo [0000-0002-3509-7696]
Arrondo, Eneko [0000-0003-1728-9800]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Hunting
Human–wildlife conflicts
Population control
Abandonment
Social–ecological systems
Wildlife management
Rural-to-urban transition
topic Hunting
Human–wildlife conflicts
Population control
Abandonment
Social–ecological systems
Wildlife management
Rural-to-urban transition
description [1] Hunting is one of the oldest and most relevant extractive activities performed by humans in nature. Over the last century hunting has experienced profound changes in developed countries, shifting from a consumption to a recreational activity and declining in some countries. However, substantial quantitative information on these trends at large temporal scales, as well as the projection of the number of hunters and their demographic structure under future scenarios is lacking at regional scales.
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Gaspar, Mario; Acevedo, Pelayo; Arrondo, Eneko; García-Martínez, Ignacio; Herrero, Juan; Pascual-Rico, Roberto; Sánchez-Zapata, José A.; Anadón, José D.; 2025; Supporting Information: The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula [Dataset]; Wiley-VCH; https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10770
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spelling The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian PeninsulaGaspar, MarioAcevedo, PelayoArrondo, EnekoGarcía-Martínez, IgnacioHerrero, JuanPascual Rico, RobertoSánchez-Zapata, José A.Anadón, José DanielHuntingHuman–wildlife conflictsPopulation controlAbandonmentSocial–ecological systemsWildlife managementRural-to-urban transition[1] Hunting is one of the oldest and most relevant extractive activities performed by humans in nature. Over the last century hunting has experienced profound changes in developed countries, shifting from a consumption to a recreational activity and declining in some countries. However, substantial quantitative information on these trends at large temporal scales, as well as the projection of the number of hunters and their demographic structure under future scenarios is lacking at regional scales.[2] Here we (i) describe the current demography of hunters in a large portion of the Iberian Peninsula, (ii) quantify population and recruitment trends for the last five decades and (iii) starting from those trends, we project the number and structure of hunters for the following decades.[3] At present, the studied hunting population, with nearly 600,000 hunters, is strongly ageing, with the most abundant cohort being that between 61 and 70 years, and its prevalence is eight times higher on the smallest towns than in the large cities. Over the last 15 years hunters have declined by 26%, while over the last 50 years it has declined by 45%. This trend is linked to a steady decline of recruitment of young hunters that has been overall reduced by 89% in the last 50 years.[4] By 2050, if following average trends observed during the last five decades, hunters in the whole study area are expected to decrease by 70%, and the proportion of hunters aged over 60 will increase from 40% to 61%.[5] Overall, our results indicate an ongoing collapse of the population of hunters in the Iberian Peninsula due to lack of recruitment, which began at least five decades ago. This collapse, together with other post-rural abandonment processes (e.g. livestock and wood-collection) is likely having a deep impact on wildlife populations and ecosystems, which is largely understudied. In this new post-abandonment state, approaches to environmental management should be adapted to accommodate these ongoing, long-term socio-ecological shifts.Mario Gaspar is currently supported by a PhD fellowship funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI), grant number PREP2022-000571. José D. Anadón was partially supported by a ‘Ramón y Cajal’ contract (RYC-2017-22783) co-funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science, the Spanish State Research Agency and the European Social Fund. Pelayo Acevedo is partly supported by LANDINM project (TED2021-132599B-C21) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by ‘NextGenerationEU’/PRTR. Eneko Arrondo was supported by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 grant number FJC2021-047885-I and IJC-2019-03896. Roberto Pascual-Rico is supported by a Juan de la Cierva-Formación contract (FJC2020-045938-I) funded by the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and European Union ‘NextGenerationEU/PRTR’.Peer reviewedJohn Wiley & SonsBritish Ecological SocietyAgencia Estatal de Investigación (España)Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España)European CommissionAcevedo, Pelayo [0000-0002-3509-7696]Arrondo, Eneko [0000-0003-1728-9800]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202520252025info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/388562reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE##PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//TED2021-132599B-C21info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//FJC2021-047885-Iinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//IJC-2019-03896info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//PREP2022-000571info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI//FJC2020-045938-IGaspar, Mario; Acevedo, Pelayo; Arrondo, Eneko; García-Martínez, Ignacio; Herrero, Juan; Pascual-Rico, Roberto; Sánchez-Zapata, José A.; Anadón, José D.; 2025; Supporting Information: The demographic collapse of hunting in the Iberian Peninsula [Dataset]; Wiley-VCH; https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10770https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10770Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3885622026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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