WORKSHOP

The workshop will be a first step of an planned international research project between 2008 and 2011 named “Analysis of temporal and spatial development of wild boar harvest in Europe” (initiative and funding by our Research Institute for Forest Ecology and Forestry, Germany, willing to cooperate with the other wild life research institutions). The crucial point will be the standardized and critical/corrected collection of variables that might be included in a multivariate model (analogue to Milner, j.M.; Bonenfant, C.; Mysterud, A.; Gaillard, J-M.; Csányi, S. Stenseth, N.C. [2006]: Temporal and spatial development of red deer harvesting in Europe: biological and cultural factors. Journal of Applied Ecology 43: 721-734).

The workshop is part of a feasibility study prior to the proposed research project and makes use of the  get-together of wild boar specialists all over Europe during the Symposium in Sopron. Especially national delegates/experts are invited to actively participate.

Within 1.5 hours we will try to generate a table-like-data base. The generated data base will be available for all active participants afterwards.

Major goal of the workshop is to check the availability and quality of data concerning

Ø      harvest rates of wild boar

Ø      spatial and temporal distribution of wild boar

Ø      management/hunting regulations

Ø      management/hunting practice

Ø      listing environmental factors influencing wild boar populations discussed on the national or regional level like climate change, agricultural development and hunting practice, feeding etc..

Scope

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