Monitoring of large carnivores inRepublic of Serbia
Dr Vukan Lavadinović¹
Dr Dejan Beuković²
15 October 2018, Eger - Hungary
¹ – Faculty of Forestry of University of Belgrade² – Agriculture faculty of University of Novi Sad
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357 hunting grounds30 hunting regions95% of the territory
Hunting sector in Serbia
Hunting grounds
Hunting regions
The State62 game species- 45 have hunting season- 17 without hunting
Mammals Birds
Cervus elaphusCapreolus capreolusDama damaOdocoileus virginianusOvis amon musimonRupicapra rupicapraSus scrofa
Glis glisSciurus vulgarisOndatra zibethicaMyocastor coypus
Lepus europaeus
Canis lupus*Canis aureusVulpes vulpesNyctereutesprocyonoidesFelis silvestrisMartes martesMartes foinaPutorius putoriusMustela nivalisMeles meles
Anas creccaAnas penelopeAnas platyrhynchosAnas querquedulaAythya ferinaAnser albifronsAnser fabalis
Fulica atra
Garrulus glandariusGallinula chloropusCorvus frugilegusPica picaCorvus cornix
Scolopax rusticola
Columba palumbusStreptopelia decaoctoStreptopelia turtur
Phasianus colchicusPerdix perdixCoturnix coturnixAccipiter gentilisP. carboArdea cinerea
Lynx lynxUrsus arctos
Lutra lutraMustela ermineaMustela eversmaniiCastor fiberVormela peregusna
Tetrao urogallusBonasa bonasiaAlectoris graeca
Gallinago gallinago
Anas acutaAnas streperaAnas clypeataAnser anserAnser erythropusAythya fuligula
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Hunting sector in Serbia
Hunting associations
Forest state enterprises
National parks
Šar-planina
Other users
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Game census estimation
Hunting ground management plan10 / 20 years
Predict population dynamics
Annual management plans- census
- offspring- realized hunting bag
Hunting year01 April – 31 March
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State of game population in Nth year
Sex
AgeTotal
Premature Mature Elderly
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12+ Sex Ʃ
Optimal abundanceM 11 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 50
100F 11 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 50
Census estimate - 1st AprilM 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
16F 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 10
Transition to the higher age class
M 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
16F 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 10
Real growthM 3 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 3
6F 3 xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx xxxx 3
Number before huntingM 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
22F 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 13
Hunters’ bagM 0
0F 0
Number after huntingM 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9
22F 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 13
Ratio toward optimal abundance
M -8 -5 -3 -3 -3 -2 -3 -3 -3 -2 -2 -4 -41
-78F -8 -5 -2 -3 -3 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -2 -4 -37
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Game census estimation
• 3 sample plots (10-12% of total LPP)
• Stratified statistic sample
> 50 ha At least 1 km distance
Total count
Game management productive area
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Game census estimation
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Large carnivore estimatesMethod Wolf Bear Lynx
Feeding station occurances + +
Trap cameras + + +
Tracks and dropings + + +
Sights + + +
Interviews with locals + + +
Scope of damages + +
Size of hunter’s bag +
GPS collar marking +
Genetic analyses + +
Sampling and projecting +
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Fig. 1. Distribution of large carnivores in Europe at their lowest extend during the 1950–1970s. Chapron et al., 2014
LC estimates
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Estimates
Optimal EstimatedPlanned culling
Realized culling
1,344 1,520 432 188
1,045-1,206 160-180
Wolf
Bear: 54 / 120 individuals
Lynx: 15 / 60 individuals
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