Essays about: "predation risk"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 49 essays containing the words predation risk.

  1. 21. Habitat selection and movements of Taiga Bean Geese Anser fabalis fabalis during spring and early summer

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Isak Vahlström; [2017]
    Keywords : Taiga Bean Geese; habitat selection; GPS; daily cycle; Anser fabalis;

    Abstract : Habitats vary in terms of food and predation risk between each other and over time. The aim of this study was to describe the daily cycle of habitat selection and movements of Taiga Bean Geese Anser fabalis fabalis during spring and early summer. READ MORE

  3. 22. Micro habitat selection of herbivores in response to perceived predation risk and forage quality in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi game reserve

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Wildlife, Fish and Environmental Studies

    Author : Edvin Rapp; [2017]
    Keywords : habitat selection; trade-off; predation risk; forage quality; Hluhluwe-iMfolozi;

    Abstract : Predators can affect prey in many ways both through direct predation and by altering their prey’s behavior and spatial distribution. Habitat selection for prey animals is therefore a trade-off between resource availability and predation risk. READ MORE

  4. 23. Salmonellos hos svenska tamkatter och vildfåglar

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Biomedical Sciences and Veterinary Public Health

    Author : Sigrid Suneson; [2017]
    Keywords : salmonella; ; salmonellos; Typhimurium; katt; tamkatt; vildfåglar; tättingar; salmonellosis; cat; domestic cat; wild birds; passerine birds;

    Abstract : Salmonellos är en zoonotisk sjukdom som länge har ansetts ha en låg prevalens hos tamdjur i Sverige. Sedan 1999 har man dock börjat se en cyklisk förekomst av kliniska fall hos tamkatter som oftast insjuknat under vårvintern. Den smittkälla som främst misstänkts har varit vildfåglar. READ MORE

  5. 24. Movement patterns of lions (Panthera leo) in an East African conservancy : avoiding conflict

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Anna Haglund; [2017]
    Keywords : lions; activity patterns; conservancy; moon phase; depredation;

    Abstract : The conflict between wildlife, particularly predators, and humans is one of the main reasons for the rapid decline of predator populations. In Kenya, lions (Panthera leo) are a major threat to livestock and humans living around the wildlife conservancies. READ MORE

  6. 25. Lejonangrepp på boskap : kartläggning och analysering av riskfaktorer som förebyggande åtgärd

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Maja Widell; [2017]
    Keywords : lejon; predation; rovdjurskonflikt; boskap; djurhållning;

    Abstract : Human exploitation of nature has led to fragmentation of lion habitats and degraded abundance of wild prey. Confrontations with livestock becomes more frequent when lions increase their spatial activity in rural areas. When natural prey is scarce, these confrontations often leads to predation and lions being killed in retaliation by farmers. READ MORE