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Why are our roe deer short of breath? – prevalence and promotive factors of lung parasites in roe deer Capreolus capreolus in south‐eastern Germany

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
The existence of bronchopulmonary nematodes in German roe deer Capreolus capreolus is well documented, with two types of lung parasites that have been described previously: Dictyocaulus capreolus and Varestrongylus capreoli. However, little is known about the impact of these parasites on their host animal or which parameters influence outbreak and ...
Tobias Wild   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Country, cover or protection: what shapes the distribution of red deer and roe deer in the Bohemian Forest Ecosystem?

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2015
The Bohemian Forest Ecosystem encompasses various wildlife management systems. Two large, contiguous national parks (one in Germany and one in the Czech Republic) form the centre of the area, are surrounded by private hunting grounds, and hunting ...
Marco Heurich   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatio-temporal trends and risk factors affecting West Nile virus and related flavivirus exposure in Spanish wild ruminants [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.-- et al.[Background]: During the last decade, the spread of many flaviviruses (Genus Flavivirus) has been reported, representing an emerging threat
Boadella, Mariana   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Occurrence, ecology and management of Fascioloides magna in Bavaria, southern Germany

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
In 2015, red deer infected with American liver fluke were discovered in the Veldenstein Forest area for the first time. This was the first detection of the fluke in a wild deer population in Bavaria. The aim of the study was to determine the American liver fluke prevalence rates in red deer, roe deer and wild boar in the Veldenstein Forest, as well as ...
Andreas König, Christian Ehrmantraut
wiley   +1 more source

Living on the edge: roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) density in the margins of its geographical range.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
Over the last decades roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) populations have increased in number and distribution throughout Europe. Such increases have profound impacts on ecosystems, both positive and negative.
Ana M Valente   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Prey Selection of Scandinavian Wolves: Single Large or Several Small? [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2016
Research on large predator-prey interactions are often limited to the predators' primary prey, with the potential for prey switching in systems with multiple ungulate species rarely investigated.
Håkan Sand   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Environmental factors shaping ungulate abundances in Poland [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Peer reviewedPublisher ...
Borowik, Tomasz   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Winter browsing by moose (Alces alces) in a forested mountainous landscape of west–central Sweden

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Browsing ecology involving ungulates and their food resource is complex as consumption may reflect responses to various factors, such as quantity and quality of browse species. This study investigated winter browsing by moose Alces alces in a mountainous landscape of west–central Sweden, characterized by Norway spruce Picea abies production forests ...
Ella Hambeson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Modelling the Relative Abundance of Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) along a Climate and Land-Use Gradient

open access: yesAnimals, 2022
European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) are important given their economic, recreational and ecological value. However, uncontrolled roe deer numbers can result in negative impacts on forest regeneration and agricultural crops, disease transmission ...
Caryl S. Benjamin   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

Will Roe Deer Persist in a Warmer World?

open access: yesPLoS Biology, 2014
​TheThe Earth's climate is rapidly changing at the hands of human activities. There is little doubt about this. There is doubt, however, about how Earth's inhabitants will respond to this change. By combining models of expected climate change with models that match climates to the distributions of species, ecologists can project scenarios of future ...
openaire   +5 more sources

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