The aims of the project were: – to map the age structure, sex ratio and reproduction of hares in the western part of West-Vlaanderen – to obtain some evidence about possible reasons of decline of the autumn population of the European hare in the region The hunters, grouped in Wildlife Management Units were involved in: – the sampling: delivering a number of shot hares each year – the execution of the transect counts – the steering committee: formulating research questions, reviewing and discussion of the results, orientation of the research – in the financing of the project Hubertus Vereniging Vlaanderen (the Flemmisch Hunting Association) was responsable for: – coordination of the research – the sampling and labo analysis – the data analysis – writing the reports, reporting to the steering committee
Country: Belgium
Region: Flanders (Vlaanderen)
Starting date: 2010
Species: European Hare (Lepus Europaeus)
Species characteristics: Huntable species
Type of actions: Research and data collection
Leading partners: Leading partner: Hubertus Vereniging Vlaanderen (HVV)www.hvv.be
