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Impact of the Hunting Ban on the Population and Hunting Bag of the Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola (Scolopacidae, Aves) in European Russia
Abstract —Materials from the National census of woodcock on the evening roding and hunting bag data from the State Accounting Service on the territory...
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Trophy hunting is not one big thing
Few topics in wildlife conservation are as controversial, emotive, or command as much public and political attention, as trophy hunting....
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Documentation of commercial and subsistence hunting of Critically Endangered black-and-white ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata) in northeastern Madagascar
Hunting of wild animals for meat and habitat loss are the main drivers of wildlife population decline around the world, and in tropical regions in...
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Spatiotemporal variation in hunting in a riverine indigenous community in the Amazon
Hunting is a critical source of food security and income for millions of people across the Amazon Basin, but unsustainable hunting is one of the...
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The Hunting Holocaust
Quotes of hunters from the mid nineteenth century on. Quantities of game killed. Destruction of giraffe. Reactions to slaughter. A modern account of...
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Subsistence Hunting and Wild Meat Trade in Brazilian Amazonia
Subsistence hunting is a widespread human activity in Brazilian Amazonia, rooted in diverse and complex socioecological universes and intrinsic to a...
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Impact of Hunting on the Lesula Monkey (Cercopithecus lomamiensis) in the Lomami River Basin, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Understanding the impact of hunting on wildlife is necessary to protect biodiversity in remote, endangered ecosystems, where rural communities depend...
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Social Strategies of a Consummate Marine Predator: Mammal-Hunting Killer Whales
Wolves of the Sea is a commonly used moniker for mammal-hunting killer whales, but they are more than that with unique and blended characteristics of...
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Estimating wild boar density in hunting areas by a probabilistic sampling of drive counts
The evaluation of wild boar density in a hunting district can be performed by accurate drive counts of boars within the drive areas assigned to each...
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Insights into illegal wildlife hunting by forest guards of selected tiger reserves in Central India
Illegal wildlife hunting is an anthropogenic threat to global fauna with a cascading detrimental effect on the ecosystems. India imposed a blanket...
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Hunting Behavior and Social Ecology of African Wild Dogs
African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) are cooperatively breeding highly social hyper-carnivores. The basic social unit is the pack, which in its simplest...
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Flexibility and rigidity in hunting behaviour in rodents: is there room for cognition?
Predatory hunting is a complex species-typical behaviour involving different skills, some of which may include learning. This research aims to...
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Hunting techniques and their harvest as indicators of mammal diversity and threat in Northern Angola
Over-exploitation of wildlife especially bushmeat trade is the second most important threat to animal biodiversity. This also applies to Northern...
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Historical Commercial Hunting of Mammals in Amazonia
The overwhelming biodiversity of Amazonia has nurtured overwhelming international greed for natural resources from the time Europeans arrived in the...
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Social and Economic Aspects of Red-Legged Partridge Hunting and Management in Spain
This chapter reviews information regarding partridge hunting and its management in Spain, focusing on the economic consequences of different...
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Changes in the osprey Pandion haliaetus hunting grounds caused by water level fluctuations and the importance of shallow water areas in dam environment
Dam construction has created habitats and spawning or breeding grounds for fish, aquatic birds, and various other organisms. It is, therefore,...
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Attitudes towards hunting in Polish society and the related impacts of hunting experience, socialisation and social networks
In recent years, hunters in Poland have faced a low level of social acceptance. Scientists from the USA and Sweden have demonstrated that contact...
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The History of Cetacean Hunting and Changing Attitudes to Whales and Dolphins
Humans have hunted marine mammalsMarine mammals, including whales, dolphins, and porpoises (cetaceansCetacea/cetaceans), since pre-history. Hunting...
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Attacks on hunting dogs: the case of wolf–dog interactions in Croatia
Gray wolf ( Canis lupus ) populations are expanding across Europe, which leads to an increase in their interactions with people and domestic animals,...
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The Red-Legged Partridge: A Historical Overview on Distribution, Status, Research and Hunting
The Red-legged Partridge is endemic to the Mediterranean region. It is a resident species from southwestern Europe. Along its range, its abundance is...