| Project data | |
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| Project leader: | Prof. Prof. h. c. Dr. Ursula Siebert |
| Scientific staff: | Dr. Oliver Keuling, Dr. Friederike Gethöffer, TÄ Hannah Schmidt, MSc Lilly Felker |
| Project erm: | 05.2022-12.2026 |
| Sponsoring: | Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz |
Project description
The increase of wildlife population densities leads to conflicts of different actors in rural areas. In the future, forests in Lower Saxony will be transformed to cope with changing climatic conditions. High densities of cloven-hoofed game and especially local large pack formation can be detrimental to such regeneration of forest systems.
In this project, it will be discussed whether and for which reasons large packs are formed in cloven-hoofed game populations in Lower Saxony. For this purpose, the occurrence of wolves in different project areas will also be considered as a possible influencing factor.
In three subprojects:
- The activity in space and time as well as population densities and abundances of roe deer, red deer and fallow deer will be determined.
- Analyze the dietary components of wolves on the basis of loosening finds.
- Trends in the occurrence of cloven-hoofed game and the opinion of hunters in the hunting grounds of Lower Saxony on possible influences will be presented with the help of wildlife surveys.
