Essays about: "wildlife management"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 240 essays containing the words wildlife management.

  1. 16. Nyinflyttat och nyfött, ger det nya beteendemönster? : visenters habitatval och tillståndsbeteenden i vilthägn innan och efter samgång med vildhäst samt födsel av kalv i flocken

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

    Author : Peter Hansson Silva; [2022]
    Keywords : Europeisk bison; visent; etologi; ekologi; habitatval; vilthägn; Przewalski vildhäst; återintroduktion;

    Abstract : Management of wildlife and husbandry of captive animals have in common the fact that they rely on a solid base of knowledge about the concerned species in order to be successful. The management of the European bison represents an encouraging story of conservation and captive breeding managing to bring a species back from the brink of extinction to a relatively safe status in the wild. READ MORE

  2. 17. Wild boar feeding site effects on targeted and non-targeted species

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Emma Engvall; [2022]
    Keywords : artificial feeding; baiting; establishment; rooting; diversity; species richness;

    Abstract : Wild boar (Sus scrofa) is an ungulate species that is increasing in Europe and Sweden, and with that causing conflicts and problems in agriculture. Wild boar are omnivores and are often rooting in the ground to find food items. READ MORE

  3. 18. What makes for a good location? : Terrain ruggedness and reindeer drive detection of Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) by camera traps in northern Sweden

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

    Author : Pablo Del Rio; [2022]
    Keywords : eurasian lynx; lynx lynx; camera trapping; large carnivore monitoring; västerbotten; habitat preference; reindeer predation;

    Abstract : As all large carnivores in Europe, the Eurasian lynx’s presence in a landscape now dominated by human activities often leads to conflictual situations and management challenges. To overcome these issues, different monitoring programs are developed all over Europe to assess for the abundance and distribution of this elusive feline. READ MORE

  4. 19. Strengthening green infrastructure : modelling connectivity between continuity forests with high nature conservation values at the Sveaskog forest holding in northern Sweden

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

    Author : Simon Mattsson; [2022]
    Keywords : betweenness centrality; connectivity; forest biodiversity; graphab; graph modelling; high conservation value forest; proxy continuity forest; qgis;

    Abstract : The continuity forests of the Swedish boreal landscape have become very sparse due to intensive rotation forestry and human land-use, and the remaining forests are very fragmented. These forests have a high conservational importance as they hold nature values that relies on a long forest continuity. READ MORE

  5. 20. People and Baboons in Cape Town: Rethinking Interactions with Wildlife in Urban Areas

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Kinga Psiuk; [2022]
    Keywords : wildlife management; human-baboon interactions; Cape Town; values; WVO; Q-method; reflexivity; inclusive conservation;

    Abstract : Humans and wildlife live in increasing proximity, which leads to negative human-wildlife interactions. Management efforts are often focused on “controlling” species that are considered problematic, often downplaying, or even neglecting the perceptions and values of affected communities. READ MORE