Many game species are prey species and evolved to cope with significant mortality by
natural predators. In the absence of predation or hunting, these game populations will be …

Introduction Over recent decades, the abundance and geographic ranges of wild ungulate
species have expanded in many parts of Europe, including the UK. Populations are …

Deer management has become an integral part of ecosystem recovery efforts across the
globe. Within Scotland, annual deer culls have been implemented to control deer browsing …

This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology,
including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology …

Population densities of several cervid species have increased in recent decades in North
America and Europe, and cervids frequently eat and damage agricultural crops. Competition …

Human activity is omnipresent in our landscapes. Animals can perceive risk from humans
similar to predation risk, which could affect their fitness. We assessed the influence of the …

Body size and body mass are key indicators of individual phenotypic quality and predictors
of important life-history traits such as survival and reproductive success. In wild herbivores …

Given that overabundant white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) can exert lasting
negative effects in forested ecosystems, management of deer has been a foremost …

The aim of the study was to estimate antler parameters (mass, volume, density) of fallow
deer (Dama dama) kept in in the Research Station of the Institute of Parasitology, Polish …

Gortázar, R. & Fernández-de-Simón, J.(2021). Introducción al papel de la caza en la gestión
de la sobreabundancia de especies cinegéticas. En El Papel de la Caza en la Gestión de la …