Wolf population monitoring and livestock depredation preventive measures in Europe

摘要: Reliable estimates of population parameters and their trends are necessary for eective management conservation actions, especially endangered species such as wolves in most European countries. Under the Habitat Directive 92/43/CEE, all countries required to monitor status populations. The ultimate goal monitoring is detect a change both magnitude direction one parameters. We discuss importance wolf populations Europe, giving examples from contributions this theme issue, we highlight technical challenges transboundary preventive measures implementation.