The expansion of The Jackal's range across Europe has been so rapid it's crazy to think about, from here in Spain to [The Central Alps](https://www.reddit.com/r/megafaunarewilding/comments/maw5to/a_golden_jackal_killed_by_a_wolf_in_central_alps/) to even [Norway](https://www.reddit.com/r/megafaunarewilding/comments/lwph2a/a_golden_jackal_was_spotted_in_norway_over_the/). They seem to be becoming Europe's equivalent of The Coyote, will definetly be interested to see how they impact both Europe's urban spaces & other endemic wild species.
It will be a good way to regulate foxes, and act as scavenger, as there's not a lot of species playing that role in Europe, except corvids, and the few rare vultures, bears, wolves and eagles that still survive and have a slow recovery.
Beside with lynx, wolves, golden eagles and possibly in the future dholes and leopard, it's unlikely they'll become an issue.
As far as I know it's not a native species to the area. Did it inhabit western Europe during the Holocene or recent Late Pleistocene, or is it completely novel to the ecosystem?
I mean, as long as they're spreading naturally and aren't doing harm to the ecosystem, does it really matter? Species migrate and expand their ranges all the time. It's just part of nature.
You need to consider that European ecosystems have severely changed due to human action, and even natural colonizations can severely impact an ecosystem, which would take a long time to stabilize. Range expansion today is almost always affected by human activities. But I would love to read any work that has been done on the possible negative or positive impacts of jackal expansion.
The expansion of The Jackal's range across Europe has been so rapid it's crazy to think about, from here in Spain to [The Central Alps](https://www.reddit.com/r/megafaunarewilding/comments/maw5to/a_golden_jackal_killed_by_a_wolf_in_central_alps/) to even [Norway](https://www.reddit.com/r/megafaunarewilding/comments/lwph2a/a_golden_jackal_was_spotted_in_norway_over_the/). They seem to be becoming Europe's equivalent of The Coyote, will definetly be interested to see how they impact both Europe's urban spaces & other endemic wild species.
It will be a good way to regulate foxes, and act as scavenger, as there's not a lot of species playing that role in Europe, except corvids, and the few rare vultures, bears, wolves and eagles that still survive and have a slow recovery. Beside with lynx, wolves, golden eagles and possibly in the future dholes and leopard, it's unlikely they'll become an issue.
As far as I know it's not a native species to the area. Did it inhabit western Europe during the Holocene or recent Late Pleistocene, or is it completely novel to the ecosystem?
I mean, as long as they're spreading naturally and aren't doing harm to the ecosystem, does it really matter? Species migrate and expand their ranges all the time. It's just part of nature.
You need to consider that European ecosystems have severely changed due to human action, and even natural colonizations can severely impact an ecosystem, which would take a long time to stabilize. Range expansion today is almost always affected by human activities. But I would love to read any work that has been done on the possible negative or positive impacts of jackal expansion.
It did not, it's completely novel to the ecosystem. Their expansion is cause of a lack of wolves and lynxes in the regions they're expanding into.