Objective TO PROVIDE DATA WHICH CAN ELUCIDATE THE DISTURBING IMPACT OF HUMAN RECREATION ACTIVITIES ON THE HIGHER ANIMALS IN THE FOREST, ESPECIALLY ROE DEER AND RED DEER. THIS PROJECT IS THE FOLLOW-UP OF THE WORK DONE UNDER CONTRACT ENV/516/DK. IN 1984 BASIC RECORDINGS OF HOME RANGE, MOVEMENTS AND ACTIVITY OF THE TWO SPECIES WILL BE CONTINUED IN THE TWO RESEARCH AREAS, KALO (ROE DEER) AND OKSBOL (RED DEER). RECORDING OF BEHAVIOUR OF DEER IN CONNECTION WITH DISTURBING EVENTS WILL ALSO BE CONTINUED. FLIGHT-DISTANCE TESTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT: A PERSON(S) WALKS, RUNS NEAR THE RADIOCOLLARED DEER (AT THE ROAD, AT THE FOREST FLOOR, PAST THE DEER, DIRECTED AT THE DEER, ETC.). THESE TESTS ARE ESSENTIAL IN ESTIMATING THE CONCEPT OF DISTURBANCE IN DANISH ENVIRONMENT, AND THEY MAKE THE BASIS OF AN EVALUATION OF THE DISTURBING IMPACT OF LARGER ARRANGEMENTS (ORIENTEERING, HUNTING). MOST OF THE FIELD WORK WILL BE FINISHED BY JANUARY 1985. PART OF THE WORKING UP OF RESULTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH FIELD WORK IN 1984, AND THE FINAL WORKING UP AND PUBLISHING OF RESULTS WILL BE CARRIED OUT DURING 1985. Programme(s) PRE-ENVPROT 3C - Sectoral research and development programme (EEC) in the field of environment (environmental protection and climatology) - indirect and concerted actions - Environmental protection -, 1981-1985 Topic(s) Data not available Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme CSC - Cost-sharing contracts Coordinator Wildlife Administr. of the Ministery of Agriculture of Danmark EU contribution No data Address 8410 Rønde Denmark See on map Total cost No data