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FURTHER READING
Tourism and visitor management in protected areas
Ceballos-Lascurain, H. (1996): Tourism, ecotourism, and protected areas. The World Conservation Union (IUCN), Gland and Cambridge.
European Commission, Environment DG (2001): Sustainable tourism and Natura 2000. Guidelines, initiatives and good practices in Europe. Belgium.
Federation of Nature and National Parks of Europe (FNNPE) (1993): Loving them to death? Sustainable tourism in Europe’s Nature and National Parks. FNNPE, Belgium.
Georgii, B., Schröder, W., Schreiber, R. (1984): Skilanglauf und Wildtiere, Konflikte und Lösungsmöglichkeiten. Schriftenreihe ökologisch orientierter Tourismus, Alpirsbach.
Muhar, A., Arnberger, A., Brandenburg, C. (2002): Methods for Visitor Monitoring in Recreational and Protected Areas: An Overview. In: Arnberger, A., Brandenburg, C., Muhar, A. (Eds.): Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas. Conference Proceedings, Vienna: 1-6.
Pröbstl, U. (2001): Natura 2000 und Sport. Ein Leitfaden zur Anwendung der Fauna-
Flora-Habitat-Richtlinie und der Vogelschutzrichtlinie. Deutscher Sportbund, Frankfurt.
Riekens, S. (1996): Besucherlenkung im naturnahen Raum. – Natursportverlag Rolf Strojec, Rüsselsheim.
Suchant, R. (1999): Harmonie zwischen Naturschutz, Waldwirtschaft, Erholung und
Sport? – Das Modellprojekt Rohrhardsberg. In: Der Rohrhardsberg, LFU (Landesanstalt für Umweltschutz Baden-Württemberg, Hrsg.). Naturschutz-Spectrum Themen 91: S. 47 – 74.
Wolf, A. & Appel-Kummer, E. 2004. Leitfaden zur Erarbeitung von freiwilligen Vereinbarungen zwischen Naturschutz – Natursport. Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn.
Grouse protection
European Union (1994): Restoration plans for some European Galliformes: hazel grouse, capercaillie and black grouse; part 2. Gibier Fauna Sauvage/Paris 11: 222 p.
Klaus, S. (1994): To survive or to become extinct: small populations of Tetraonids in Central Europe. In Remmert, H. (ed). Minimum animal populations. pp 137-152. EcologicalStudies 106. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Storch, I. (2000) (compiler): Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan 2000-2004Grouse. - WPA/Bird Life/SSC Grouse Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland andCambridge, UK and World Pheasant Association, Reading, UK.
Grouse protection and tourism / land use
Suchant, R., Schäfer, A. (2002): Integrating tourism and grouse habitat protection in the Black Forest. In: Arnberger, A., Brandenburg, C., Muhar, A. (Eds.): Monitoring and Management of Visitor Flows in Recreational and Protected Areas. Conference Proceedings, Vienna: 95-101.
Zeitler, A. (2000) Human disturbance, behaviour and spatial distribution of Black Grousein skiing areas in the Bavarian Alps. Cahiers d’Ethologie 20: 1-22.
Zeitler, A & Glänzer, U. (1998) Skiing and grouse in the Bavarian Alps. GrouseNews 15:
8-12.
Forestry, Agriculture and habitat management for grouse
Bayerische Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirschaft (2002): Auerhuhnschutz und Forstwirtschaft – Lösungsansätze zum Erhalt von Reliktpopulationen unter besonderer berücksichtigung des Fichtelgebirges. Berichte aus der Bayerischen Landesanstalt für Wald und Forstwirschaft, 35, 106 p.
Suchant, R. (2002): Die Entwicklung eines mehrdimensionalen Habitatmodells für Auerhuhnareale (Tetrao urogallus L) als Grundlage für die Integration von Diversität in die Waldbaupraxis. - In: Schriftenreihe Freiburger Forstliche Forschung 16, 350 p.
Suchant, R., Braunisch, V. (2004): Multidimensional habitat modelling in forest management – a case study using capercaillie in the Black Forest, Germany. - Ecological Bulletin 51, in press.
Hunting and Natura 2000
European Commission (2004) Guidance document on hunting under councildirective 79/409/EEC on the conservation of wild birds. http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/nature/nature_conservation/
focus_wild_birds/sustainable_hunting/pdf/hunting_guide_en.pdf
Grouse species in Europe
Glutz von Blotzheim, U. (1985): Rauhfußhühner. Schweiz. Vogelwarte Sempach: 32 S.
Capercaillie
Klaus, S., Andreev, A.V., Bergmann, H.-H., Müller, F. , Porkert, J. and Wiesner, J. (1989). Die Auerhühner. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei. Band 86. Westarp Wissenschaften, Magdeburg, Germany.
Storch, I.(2001). Capercaillie. - BWP Update. The journal of birds of the Western Palearctic (Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK) 3(1):1-24.
For an extended list of references on the species see Klaus et al. (1989).
Black Grouse
Bergmann H. H. and Klaus, S.(1994). Distribution, status and limiting factors of black grouse in central Europe, particularly in Germany, including an evaluation of reintroductions. - Gibier Faune Sauvage 11:99-124.
Klaus, S., Bergmann, H.-H., Marti, C., Müller, F., Vitovic, O. A., and Wiesner, J. (1990). Die Birkhühner. Die Neue Brehm-Bücherei. Westarp Wissenschaften, Magdeburg, Germany.
For an extended list of references on the species see Bergmann and Klaus (1994).
Hazel Grouse
Bergmann, H.-H., Klaus, S., Müller, F., Scherzinger, W., Swenson, J.E., Wiesner, J. (1996). Die Haselhühner, Westarp Wissenschaften, Magdeburg, Germany. 278 pp.
Swenson, J. E. (1995). Habitat requirements of hazel grouse. In: Jenkins, D. (ed.: Proc. Intern. Symp. Udine, Italy, 1993. Grouse 6: 155-162. Udine, Italy, 1993
For an extended list of references on the species see Bergmann et al. (1996).
Willow Ptarmigan
Potapov R.L. (1989). Gattung Lagopus Brisson, 1760. In Potapov R.L., Flint V.E. (Eds). Handbuch der Vögel der Sowjetunion. Ziemsen Verlag Wittenberg Lutherstadt, Germany. Volume 4, pp. 126 – 150.
Hudson, P.J. (1992). Grouse in space and time. The population biology of a managed gamebird. Game Conservancy Ltd., Fordingbridge, UK.
For an extended list of references on the species see Potapov and Flint (1989) and Hannon et al. (1998).
Rock Ptarmigan
Holder, K. and Montgomerie, R. (1993). Rock ptarmigan. The birds of North America, No. 51. The birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
Potapov, R. L. and Flint, V. E. (1989). Handbuch der Vögel der Sowjetunion. Band 4 Galliformes, Gruiformes. Ziemsen Verlag Wittenberg Lutherstadt, Germany. 427 pp. (ISBN 3-7403-0027-2)
For an extended list of references on the species see Potapov and Flint (1989) and Holder and Montgomerie (1993).