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Open AccessStatus assessment of a recently reintroduced eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) population in the Palatinate Forest, South-West Germany
To reinforce Eurasian lynx populations in central Europe, 20 lynx from Slovakia and Switzerland were translocated to the Palatinate Forest between 2016 and 2020. Using a systematic camera trap** array consis...
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Open AccessEstimating red deer (Cervus elaphus) population size based on non-invasive genetic sampling
Some deer species are of conservation concern; others are officially managed as a food source or for their trophies, whereas in many regions, deer are regarded as overabundant or even as a nuisance causing dam...
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Can hair traps sample wild boar (Sus scrofa) randomly for the purpose of non-invasive population estimation?
Reliable estimation of population size remains a major challenge in wildlife ecology and management. Lately, genoty** of non-invasively obtained tissue samples integrated in a modified capture–recapture appr...
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A methodological approach for non-invasive sampling for population size estimates in wild boars (Sus scrofa)
Composite microsatellite genotypes were determined at five loci from 35 tissue-sampled wild boars and used as reference genotypes to estimate both allelic drop-out rate and false allele rate in comparison to g...
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Investigations on the radiocaesium contamination of wild boar (Sus scrofa) meat in Rhineland-Palatinate: a stomach content analysis
To substantiate the pathways of radiocaesium contamination in wild boars in parts of Rhineland-Palatinate, we analysed radiocaesium-activityconcentration of 2,433 wild boars shot in an area covering 45,400 ha ...
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Seasonal locomotion and home-range characteristics of European hares (Lepus europaeus) in an arable region in central Germany
We studied seasonal use of space by 38 radio-tracked European hares in an arable region in central Germany over 5 years. Mean distance between successive daytime and nighttime fixes of a hare amounted to 226 m...