Study on Wild Animals’ Dynamics on 20 Bara Hunting Area from Timis County during 2014-2018

Abstract

Integration of the Romania in the European Union is imposing a special attention to hunting populations. The aim of the present paper was to study the quantitative evolution of the hunting population for 13 animal species during 2014-2018, on 20 Bara hunting area, from Timis County, heaving a total area of 10.889 ha. The study shows that form the 13 monitored animal species, 3 were not identified on this hunting area: Fallow Deer (Dama dama L), Wildcat (Felis silvestris L), and Muskrat (Ondatra zibethica L.). The study has highlighted the emergence of an immigrant species, Jackal (Caniş aureus L.), with a constant population of 5 individuals at the beginning of the study period - 2014, which caused a decrease in the number of the Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes L) herds, with a relative value of 57.7%, the two species being competing. For the other species identified, the population of evolution number demonstrated that there is a good correlation between the number of individuals and its biogenic capacity.

Keywords

• game animals
• game population
• cynegetic