Karis H Baker, Holly Miller, Sean Doherty, Howard W I Gray, Julie Daujat, Canan Çakırlar, Nikolai Spassov, Katerina Trantalidou, Richard Madgwick, Angela L Lamb, Carly Ameen, Levent Atici, Polydora Baker, Fiona Beglane, Helene Benkert, Robin Bendrey, Annelise Binois-Roman, Ruth F Carden, Antonio Curci, Bea De Cupere, Cleia Detry, Erika Gál, Chloé Genies, Günther K Kunst, Robert Liddiard, Rebecca Nicholson, Sophia Perdikaris, Joris Peters, Fabienne Pigière, Aleksander G Pluskowski, Peta Sadler, Sandra Sicard, Lena Strid, Jack Sudds, Robert Symmons, Katie Tardio, Alejandro Valenzuela, Monique van Veen, Sonja Vuković, Jaco Weinstock, Barbara Wilkens, Roger J A Wilson, Jane A Evans, A Rus Hoelzel, Naomi Sykes
Over the last 10,000 y, humans have manipulated fallow deer populations with varying outcomes. Persian fallow deer ( Dama mesopotamica ) are now endangered. European fallow deer ( Dama dama ) are globally widespread and are simultaneously considered wild, domestic, endangered, invasive and are even the national animal of Barbuda and Antigua. Despite their close association with people, there is no consensus regarding their natural ranges or the timing and circumstances of their human-mediated translocations and extirpations...
February 20, 2024: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America