Essays about: "wolf predation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 23 essays containing the words wolf predation.

  1. 1. Behavioural Responses of Ungulates to Sound Systems : can simulated risk influence behaviour?

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

    Author : Carolin Veronika Berndt; [2021]
    Keywords : ungulates; landscape of fear; behavioural response; predation risk; playback experiment; ABR; management strategies;

    Abstract : Increasing ungulate densities all over Europe are intensifying the ongoing human-wildlife conflict, embodied by mainly economical losses through damages in forestry and agriculture. Given the current circumstances, farmers and forest owners prefer a decrease in ungulate numbers through direct population control, whereas other stakeholders, such as hunters, wildlife watchers or photographers, prefer higher wildlife numbers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Effects of wolf predation risk on community weighted mean plant traits in Białowieża Primeval Forest, Poland

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

    Author : Jone Lescinskaite; [2018]
    Keywords : red deer; wolf; bison; browsing; plant traits; landscape of fear;

    Abstract : It is still largely unknown what effect does wolf risk have on the lower trophic levels in Europe. In the last European lowland forest these interactions were explored with a main browser species – red deer (Cervus elaphus), and other four less common ungulate species, one of which is European bison (Bison bonasus). READ MORE

  4. 3. 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

  5. 4. 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

  6. 5. Predators and losses of farm animals : using historical swedish data to evaluate bounties

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Ecology and Management

    Author : Joakim Lundsten; Edvin Rapp; [2015]
    Keywords : bounty; Sweden; historical; predators; farm animals; damage; wolf; sheep;

    Abstract : Bounties have been a widely used method of wildlife management, especially for predators. Bounties were used by ancient Greeks and are still used frequently around the world. Despite this, there are few quantitative evaluations of the methods efficiency. READ MORE