Wildlife monitoring in Finland: online information for game administration, hunters, and the wider public
| Autor: | Anu Kantola, Katja Ikonen, Pekka Helle |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Global and Planetary Change Ecology biology business.industry 010604 marine biology & hydrobiology Wildlife Grouse Forestry biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Archaeology Geography Internet service Monitoring data The Internet business Transect Administration (government) |
| Zdroj: | Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 46:1491-1496 |
| ISSN: | 1208-6037 0045-5067 |
| Popis: | Annual, nationwide monitoring of the grouse (hunted tetraonid birds) began in Finland at the beginning of the 1960s followed by systematic counts of mammal snow tracks in the late 1980s. The wildlife triangle scheme, started in 1989, gathers game monitoring data throughout the country. The system is based on a large network of triangles made up of 4 km transects (totaling 12 km per triangle) covering the entire country. The program involves an astonishing amount of fieldwork: about 10 000 km of transect line (about half of the established transects) is studied during every summer and winter count. The riistakolmiot.fi internet service was launched for the 2014 late-summer count. Via the internet, trained hunters can record their observations in a database and follow the progress of the count during the fieldwork period. In the public section of the website, anyone can view the results of ongoing counts. The internet service speeds up the collection of observations, simplifies the storing of data, and assists in preparing and sending the summary reports. Data provided by the wildlife triangle scheme are utilized by the European Union, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and other game administrative organizations, as well as hunting clubs and the general public. Annual results of the late-summer monitoring procedure are used immediately when deciding on the restrictions to the forthcoming grouse hunting season, which is due to begin just a few weeks later. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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