Essays about: "depredation"

Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the word depredation.

  1. 11. Short window of opportunity for brown bear (Ursus arctos) predation on reindeer (Rangifer tarandus) calves

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Linnéa Eleonora Kjellberg; [2014]
    Keywords : Ursus arctos; Rangifer tarandus; predation; management; reindeer husbandry;

    Abstract : To improve and develop a management system for reindeer husbandry regarding minimizing depredation by brown bears, knowledge about current depredation patterns is required. Using data obtained from a predation study regarding brown bear predation on reindeer from 2010 to 2012 I aimed at investigating what solutions are available to minimize brown bear predation on reindeer calves. READ MORE

  3. 12. Social and economic consequences of wolf (Canis lupus) establishments in Sweden

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

    Author : Emma Kvastegård; [2013]
    Keywords : wolf; Sweden; socioeconomic development; human-wildlife conflict; consequences;

    Abstract : Wildlife contributes with many benefits to humans but also brings economic costs. From being eradicated in Scandinavia the grey wolf (Canis lupus) is returning to South-Western Sweden and people are not used to its presence. In Scandinavia carnivores have to co-occur with humans in a landscape used for many different interests. READ MORE

  4. 13. Effects of wolf occurrence on the number of sheep farms in Värmland and Örebro, south central Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Anna Karlsson; [2013]
    Keywords : wolf; Canis lupus; depredation; livestock; effects; sheep farms;

    Abstract : With the increased wolf population around the world, conflicts between wolves and humans arise. One cause of conflict is predation on livestock, which has increased in Sweden the last decade. READ MORE

  5. 14. Estimating lynx kill rate on reindeer usingGPS-locations and lynx movement pattern

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Linda Ersson; [2011]
    Keywords : lynx; reindeer; killrate; predation; reindeer husbandry;

    Abstract : Large carnivores cause many conflicts in Scandinavia but depredation on livestock is one ofthe most central ones. Free ranging semi domestic reindeer is an important prey for all largecarnivores within the reindeer husbandry area causing a complex carnivore-livestock conflict. READ MORE