Essays about: "gray wolves"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words gray wolves.

  1. 1. Animal ethics between theory and praxis : exploring differential ethical standards toward wildlife

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Sara Anderson; [2016]
    Keywords : ART; social constructivism; ethical codes; environmental communication; wolf;

    Abstract : In today’s human-impacted landscape with increasing encounters between the human and natural world it is essential to question humans’ ethical approaches toward animals to ensure a peaceful co-existence. The presence of wolf and its consequences in Sweden is a well-studied case focusing primarily on conflict, mistrust toward authority and a rural and urban divide, for example. READ MORE

  3. 2. Moose (Alces alces) browsing patterns in recently planted clear-cut areas in relation to predation risk of the gray wolf (Canis lupus) in Sweden

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

    Author : Suzanne van Beeck Calkoen; [2016]
    Keywords : moose; browsing intensity; wolf; spatial scales; distance to forest edge; tree height and tree density;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to test whether behaviorally mediated effects of gray wolf (Canis lupus) presence were visible in terms of browsing intensity by moose (Alces alces) on tree saplings in recently planted clear-cut areas in Sweden. The study involved two different spatial scales; the clear-cut scale and tree scale. READ MORE

  4. 3. När jagar vargar vildsvin? : en utsikt för svenska förhållanden

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

    Author : Lina Wachtmeister; [2015]
    Keywords : vildsvin; varg; jakt; predation; bytesval; wild boar; wolf; predation; prey selection;

    Abstract : Populationerna av både vildsvin (Sus scrofa) och varg (Canis lupus) ökar i Sverige. Då deras utbredningsområden först nyligen har börjat överlappa finns i det närmaste inga data på vargars predation på vildsvin i Sverige. READ MORE

  5. 4. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in northeast European wolves (Canis lupus)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Breeding and Genetics

    Author : Federico Javier Fröstl; [2012]
    Keywords : PLINK; runs of homozygosity; heterozygosity; allele contribution; Canis lupus;

    Abstract : In the 1960s, the gray wolf was extinct as a breeding population in Scandinavia. However, in the 1980s a pair was established and started to reproduce in central Sweden. A third wolf, a male, immigrated to Sweden in 1991 contributing to the genetic variation in Scandinavia. READ MORE

  6. 5. Hunden i statens tjänst

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

    Author : Sofie Ericzén; Eva Eriksson; Agneta Sandberg; Ann-Sofie Sandell; [2008]
    Keywords : hund; statlig tjänst;

    Abstract : I statens tjänst används idag hundar inom polisen, försvaret, Tullverket och kriminalvården. Med hjälp av statliga medel utbildas även ledarhundar. Vi har valt att rikta in oss på polisens, försvarets och Tullverkets hundar. READ MORE