Investigations on caracal (Caracal caracal schreber, 1776) activity patterns and interaction with human and other wild animals in Düzlerçami wildlife development area in Antalya

"Investigations on Caracal (Caracal caracal Schreber, 1776) Activity Patterns and İnteraction with Human and Other Wild Animals in Düzlerçamı Wildlife Development Area in Antalya", this master's degree thesis was conducted in the Department of Wildlife Ecology and Management of the Faculty of Forestry at the Isparta University of Applied Sciences. Our field studies were carried out around Kepez, Döşemealtı, Konyaaltı and Korkuteli districts within the boundaries of Antalya. In our study, the population size of the species and its interaction with human and other species were carried out by using the Presence-Absence tracks and signs method and the Camera-trap method. In the 15 months period, 150 days of field studies were carried out. In the study, camera-trap sampling with opportunities method has been applied for the determination of Caracal species in the area. A total of 34 camera-trap images of the caracal species were obtained by reaching the day value of 7620 camera-traps In a total of 181 stations. Capture-Recapture analysis methods were used in the analysis of the obtained images. Using these methods, the research was conducted on the determination of the target species, individual, daily, weekly, monthly activity patterns and their interactions with human and other species.