Population Status of Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus Erxl. 1777) in the Yazılıkaya State Reserve in Isparta

Authors : Yasin ÜNAL, İdris OĞURLU

Pages : 24-33

Doi:10.5281/zenodo.6052834

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Publication Date : 2022-01-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Wild goat insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(Capra aegagrus);, which is one of the most important members of biological diversity in the Mediterranean Region of Turkey, is also the major game species in the country. For this reason, it is also important to monitor the population trend of the species. The study was carried out between 2008-1019 in Yazılıkaya State Hunting Ground insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SHG); in Sütçüler District of Isparta province. After being declared as an SHG in 2007 its status was revised in 2020. The study area was 55 hectares. The population in the SHG was observed by the vantage point counts technique. Microsoft Excel Program was used to evaluate the census results and the GraphPad Prism 8 analysis program was used to determine the progress of the population over the years. It was determined that the population size was 343 individuals in 2008, 573 individuals in 2019, and the highest population size was 744 individuals in 2016. It was observed that the restrictive factors on the wild goat population in the study area were the hunting pressure caused by illegal and overhunting and the negative effects of marble quarries operated in the area.
Keywords : Wild goat Capra aegagrus, Population inventory, Population trends, Direct observation, Point count, Hunting pressure, Marble quarries