Master thesis investigate the sex and age structure of mouflon flocks (Ovis orientalis musimon) in the winter – spring time in the hunting area Bled. The observations were made by video – trapping method near the feeding sites. We found out that the size age, sex structure of flocks of mouflon differs through the observed months. Average size of the male flocks were bigger than the flocks of ewes with lambs, but the flocks of ewes with lambs were more frequent in the feeding sites than the flocks of male. The most frequent age category of flocks of ewes with lambs were the adult ewes, the most frequent category in the flocks of the males were rams age of 2 – 3 years. Activity patterns showed that the mouflons were most active around sunrise and sunset and also through the night. We found out that the numbers of night – time visits of feeding sites were more often than the day time visits. Besides the mouflons we also noted the nontarget species and their interections between mouflons.
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