Naslov
Identification of illegally introduced deer and their source populations: a European perspective

Autori
Frantz, C.A. ; Zachos, F.E. ; Šprem, Nikica ; Kuhn, R. ; Skog, A. ; Colyn, M. ; Chaumont, F. ; Flamand, M.C.

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, ostalo

Izvornik
Abstract volume / C. Denys - Pariz : Universite P. et M. Curie, 2011, 105-105

Skup
VIth European Congress of Mammalogy

Mjesto i datum
Pariz, Francuska, 19.07.2011. - 23.07.2011

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
Cervus elaphus; population stricture; illegall translocation

Sažetak
Red deer (Cervus elaphus) have been subjected to anthropogenic interference for many centuries. Most populations are manages according to hunting schedules, some are kept long-term in enclosures and other extinct, or nearly extinct, populations have been restocked with foreign deer. Moreover, it has been shown previously that farmed red deer have been released illegally in some areas, probably for hunting purposes. Here, we used microsatellites to genotype red deer from 32 different localities across Europe, as well as from one deer farm from northwestern France. Using a geographically explicit genetic assignment method, we show that the farmed deer originated from Scotland, as well as from Eastern Europe. Deer previously excluded from a population in Belgium-Germany-Luxemburg were also assigned to the UK, confirming that it was very likely that they originated from a deer farm. Furthermore, we found evidence of releases of farmed deer in other European populations. We have generated a tool that should allow identification of illegally releases of farmed deer in any European population.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Poljoprivreda (agronomija)

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