<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Czech Republic has a long tradition of hunting, and trophy hunting is important to manage game populations. In this study data was analysed from the five last trophy exhibitions in Czech Republic. Namely, hunter selection, compensatory selection, management selection, hunting pressure selection and depletion selection was tested in different landscape types. In compensatory hunting there is a difference between the landscape types; apparent differences exist between the landscape type with respect to hunting pressure. There was no hunter selection, or depletion selection, and no differences in management between landscape types. This study suggests that the landscape composition has an effect on selective hunting in Czech Republic.</p></abstract>

Czech Republic has a long tradition of hunting, and trophy hunting is important to manage game populations. In this study data was analysed from the five last trophy exhibitions in Czech Republic. Namely, hunter selection, compensatory selection, management selection, hunting pressure selection and depletion selection was tested in different landscape types. In compensatory hunting there is a difference between the landscape types; apparent differences exist between the landscape type with respect to hunting pressure. There was no hunter selection, or depletion selection, and no differences in management between landscape types. This study suggests that the landscape composition has an effect on selective hunting in Czech Republic.

Effect of the Landscape Types on Hunting Selection in Roe Deer <italic>(Capreolus Capreolus, Linnaeus</italic> 1758) Trophies in Czech Republic

Dønski High School, Rudsveien 73, NO1309 Rud, Norway

Journal of Landscape Ecology

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Effect of the Landscape Types on Hunting Selection in Roe Deer  1758) Trophies in Czech Republic

Czech Republic has a long tradition of hunting, and trophy hunting is important to manage game populations. In this study data was analysed from the five last...

Effect of the Landscape Types on Hunting Selection in Roe Deer (Capreolus Capreolus, Linnaeus 1758) Trophies in Czech Republic

Published Online: Jan 29, 2015

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Apr 22, 2013

Accepted: Nov 02, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2014-0018

Keywords
Landscapes, Hunting selection, Czech Republic, Roe deer,

© 2015 Engan et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Effect of the Landscape Types on Hunting Selection in Roe Deer (Capreolus Capreolus, Linnaeus 1758) Trophies in Czech Republic

Published Online: Jan 29, 2015

Page range: 5 - 22

Received: Apr 22, 2013

Accepted: Nov 02, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jlecol-2014-0018

KeywordsLandscapes, Hunting selection, Czech Republic, Roe deer,

© 2015 Engan et al.

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Landscapes, Hunting selection, Czech Republic, Roe deer,