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| Breitenmoser-Wrsten, C.; Robin, K.; Landry, J.-M.; Gloor, S.; Olsson, P.; Breitenmoser, U. | |
| The history of fox, lynx, bearded vulture, wolf and brown bear in Switzerland - a brief overview | |
| 2001 For.Snow Landsc.Res. (76): 9-21 | |
By the beginning of the 20th century the lynx, wolf and bearded vulture had disappeared fromSwitzerland and the whole of the Alps. Only brown bears survived as a relict population in theItalian Alps. The recent increase in the populations of large carnivore all over Europe has alsoaffected the Alps and Switzerland.The four species discussed here are coming back: the lynx andthe bearded vulture through re-introductions, the wolf and the brown bear by natural immigration.Their reappearance also revives many of the potential conflicts between humans and largecarnivores.We describe briefly the history of the extermination of the four species in the Alps andin Switzerland and their recovery at the end of the 20th century, and define the most prominentreasons for conflicts. The red fox has never disappeared from Switzerland. However, the populationdeveloped very dynamically during the 20th century due to a rabies epizootic, on the onehand, and an increase in the carrying capacity of the habitat, on the other. |
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