Title of the project
Brown Hare Monitoring
Description
The case study used spotlight strip census routes to estimate Brown Hare numbers in a 793 ha hunting district by local hunters.
The habitats, dominated by intensively farmed arable land were also mapped.
Guidelines from the German monitoring programme WILD (German wildlife information system – www.jagdnetz.de/wild) were applied
This is part of a Germany-wide long-term monitoring program of game populations which is carried out by hunters and was initiated by the German Hunters’ Association and the Hunters’ Association of Lower Saxony in 2001.
Location
| Country | Germany |
| Level | Local |
| Site | Leveste |
| Municipalities involved | Municipality of Gehrden |
| Province(s) | Hanover |
| Region | Lower Saxony |
Starting date
1991
Habitat Types
Farmland
Species
| Species Caracteristics | Huntable species |
| Species Type | Mammals |
| Name(s) of main species | Brown Hare - Lepus europaeus |
Conservation action(s)
Research and data collection (e.g. monitoring, bag data)
Partners
| Leading partners | Egbert Strauß: local hunterhttp://www.tiho-hannover.de/index.php?id=5594 |
Estimation of Human Resources needed
approx 52 daysPer year?
Publication(s)
Census of the Brown Hare (Lepus europaeus) at Leveste, Municipality of Gehrden, Germany in Transactional Environmental Support System Design: Global SolutionsGabor von Bethlenfalvy, Julia Hindersin, & Egbert Strauß, 2013
Weblinks
www.wildtiermanagement.com