Emergency-line calls as an indicator to assess human-wildlife interaction in urban areas

Human-wildlife interactions (HWI) are increasingly common as human disturbance and development continue to remove wildlife habitats. Documenting HWIs is critical for management agencies to develop strategies and management decisions that meet the needs of both people and wildlife. However, evaluating the frequency and types of HWI at broad spatial scales (e.g., national or regional level) can be costly and difficult to implement by managers. In this study, we apply a novel method for evaluating the patterns of HWI in urban areas using publicly available data from emergency calls placed by inhabitants of Romania’s >300 urban areas. We used information from 4,601 emergency calls (Romanian National Emergency Call System 112), consisting of (1) wildlife species, (2) spatial location, (3) date and time, and (4) a short description of the emergency.  Out of the 318 analyzed cities, 300 cities documented emergency calls on HWI between 2015–20120, with roe deer and brown bear as the most fre..., ,

人与野生动物交互（Human-wildlife interactions, HWI）事件愈发频发，原因在于人类活动干扰与开发进程持续侵占野生动物栖息地。记录此类交互事件，对管理机构制定兼顾人类与野生动物需求的策略及管理决策而言至关重要。然而，在大范围空间尺度（如国家或区域层面）评估人与野生动物交互的发生频率与类型，对管理者而言往往成本高昂且难以落地实施。本研究采用一种新颖方法，依托罗马尼亚超过300个城区居民发起的公开应急呼叫数据，对城市区域内的人与野生动物交互模式进行评估。本研究使用了罗马尼亚国家应急呼叫系统112的4601条应急呼叫信息，涵盖四类内容：（1）野生动物物种、（2）空间位置、（3）日期与时间，以及（4）应急事件简短描述。在本次分析的318座城市中，有300座在2015至2020年间记录到涉及人与野生动物交互的应急呼叫，其中以狍与棕熊最为常见……