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Damage caused by wildlife

Ungulate game can cause major forest damage, while fear of game damage affects how the forest is managed. The wildlife adaptations can in turn increase the risk of other forest damage. It is therefore important to take a comprehensive approach to forest damage and how it can be prevented.

Close-up of an eye of a moose. Photo.

We need active management

Wildlife damage to forests is determined both by how much forage there is as well as by how much game there is. To reduce damage effectively, active management of both the feed and the wildlife community is needed; it is not enough to focus on how many moose there are. Both forage and wildlife communities are affected by climate change, and it is important to have adaptive management based on local conditions.

Questions?

Do you have questions about forest damage caused by game? Feel free to contact SLU Forest Damage Centre's analyst Fredrik Widemo!

The Wildlife programme

We provide environmental assessments of wildlife populations and their impacts on forestry, agriculture and biodiversity. Furthermore, we develop and validate methods for monitoring wildlife and impacts from wildlife.

A young roedeer. Photo.

Target-tailored forest damage inventory

The target-tailored forest damage inventories aims at providing data for operational decision making at local level and linked to specific damage events

Bluberries on a plant. Photo.

SLU tracks tagged animals

The Umeå Center for Wireless Remote Animal Monitoring (UC-WRAM) is a national competence center and e-infrastructure for biotelemetry sensor data from animals at SLU.

Grazing moose in snow with a yellow collar. Photo.
A man by a cage outdoors. Photo.

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Questions?

Do you have questions about forest damage caused by wildlife? Please contact the SLU Forest Damage Centre's analyst Fredrik Widemo!

 

Published: 13 November 2023 - Page editor: theres.svensson@slu.se
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