Wald, Wild und Luchs - gemeinsam in die Zukunft! Ein Beispiel aus dem Berner Oberland | Forest, Game and Lynx - a Future Together! The Bernese Oberland as an Example

Abstract

In an investigation area in the Bernese Oberland, in which due to the influence of wild animals essential problems of forest regeneration have been predominant for about 30 years, hunting and the influence of the lynx have mutually contributed to a decrease in the deer and chamois populations to a level that allows all tree species in the forest to again regenerate naturally. It seems that the regulation through the intervention of planned hunting and the lynx can be sensibly complemented and thus has led to a dynamic within the stand of wild animals which is especially necessary for the habitat in general and the mountain forest in particular. The further distribution of lynxes within the whole alpine bow is, therefore, to be supported not only in order to protect the species but also to conserve mountain forests.