Reliability of methods used to estimate rodent pest densities in agricultural systems: the case of common vole (Microtus arvalis) in NW Spain
[EN]: For pest management strategies to effectively prevent crop damage while at the same time causing the least environmental collateral damage, reliable abundance monitoring tools are required. The common vole is a major agricultural pest in Castilla y León (NW Spain). In this study we compared co...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/174028 2024-02-11T10:02:58+01:00 Reliability of methods used to estimate rodent pest densities in agricultural systems: the case of common vole (Microtus arvalis) in NW Spain Jareño, Daniel Viñuela, Javier Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España) Natural Environment Research Council (UK) European Commission Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España) Fundación BBVA 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/174028 https://doi.org/10.7325/Galemys.2016.A2 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000270 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 https://doi.org/10.13039/100007406 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003339 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 unknown Sociedad Española para la Conservación y Estudio de los Mamíferos https://doi.org/10.7325/Galemys.2016.A2 Sí doi:10.7325/Galemys.2016.A2 issn: 1137-8700 e-issn: 2254-8408 Galemys 28: 15-22 (2016) http://hdl.handle.net/10261/174028 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000270 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007406 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003339 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329 open Crop protection Indirect indices Monitoring tools Pest management Protección de cultivos Índices indirectos Herramientas de monitorización Control de plagas artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2016 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.7325/Galemys.2016.A210.13039/50110000027010.13039/50110000483710.13039/50110000078010.13039/10000740610.13039/50110000333910.13039/501100003329 2024-01-16T10:34:59Z [EN]: For pest management strategies to effectively prevent crop damage while at the same time causing the least environmental collateral damage, reliable abundance monitoring tools are required. The common vole is a major agricultural pest in Castilla y León (NW Spain). In this study we compared common vole density estimates provided by two indirect indices, the Presence Signs per Square (PSpS) index, previously evaluated by a comparison with the trapping methodology most accepted to estimate rodent densities, and another one (MI), proposed by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture Food and Environment, which is currently recommended as main monitoring tool for this pest, but that apparently has not been evaluated in a similar way. We found that at low vole abundance, MI generated much larger vole density estimates (on average 14 times) as compared to PSpS, although both indices were highly correlated. These results strongly support that abundance estimates provided by MI must be considered potential overestimates of real vole density and must be corrected accordingly in the future, if the method is to be kept as a main monitoring tool of vole density. Our results reinforce the importance of evaluating this kind of monitoring tools in different density scenarios to prevent the start or continuation of control campaigns when they are unnecessary, thus reducing their associated economic and environmental costs. [ES]: Uno de los aspectos más importantes a la hora de mejorar la gestión de plagas y reducir de forma eficaz los daños que causan en cultivos, minimizando a su vez los daños colaterales causados al medio ambiente, es disponer de herramientas de monitorización fiables. El topillo campesino es una de las plagas agrarias mas importantes en Castilla y León (NO de España). En el presente estudio se compararon las estimaciones de densidad del topillo campesino obtenidas mediante dos índices indirectos: el índice PSpS (Presence Signs per Square) previamente evaluado con la metodología de trampeo considerada mas ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Common vole Microtus arvalis Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Hora ENVELOPE(15.744,15.744,67.445,67.445) Galemys, Spanish Journal of Mammalogy 28 15 22 |
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[EN]: For pest management strategies to effectively prevent crop damage while at the same time causing the least environmental collateral damage, reliable abundance monitoring tools are required. The common vole is a major agricultural pest in Castilla y León (NW Spain). In this study we compared common vole density estimates provided by two indirect indices, the Presence Signs per Square (PSpS) index, previously evaluated by a comparison with the trapping methodology most accepted to estimate rodent densities, and another one (MI), proposed by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture Food and Environment, which is currently recommended as main monitoring tool for this pest, but that apparently has not been evaluated in a similar way. We found that at low vole abundance, MI generated much larger vole density estimates (on average 14 times) as compared to PSpS, although both indices were highly correlated. These results strongly support that abundance estimates provided by MI must be considered potential overestimates of real vole density and must be corrected accordingly in the future, if the method is to be kept as a main monitoring tool of vole density. Our results reinforce the importance of evaluating this kind of monitoring tools in different density scenarios to prevent the start or continuation of control campaigns when they are unnecessary, thus reducing their associated economic and environmental costs. [ES]: Uno de los aspectos más importantes a la hora de mejorar la gestión de plagas y reducir de forma eficaz los daños que causan en cultivos, minimizando a su vez los daños colaterales causados al medio ambiente, es disponer de herramientas de monitorización fiables. El topillo campesino es una de las plagas agrarias mas importantes en Castilla y León (NO de España). En el presente estudio se compararon las estimaciones de densidad del topillo campesino obtenidas mediante dos índices indirectos: el índice PSpS (Presence Signs per Square) previamente evaluado con la metodología de trampeo considerada mas ... |
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Reliability of methods used to estimate rodent pest densities in agricultural systems: the case of common vole (Microtus arvalis) in NW Spain |
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Reliability of methods used to estimate rodent pest densities in agricultural systems: the case of common vole (Microtus arvalis) in NW Spain |
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Reliability of methods used to estimate rodent pest densities in agricultural systems: the case of common vole (Microtus arvalis) in NW Spain |
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Reliability of methods used to estimate rodent pest densities in agricultural systems: the case of common vole (Microtus arvalis) in NW Spain |
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Reliability of methods used to estimate rodent pest densities in agricultural systems: the case of common vole (Microtus arvalis) in NW Spain |
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reliability of methods used to estimate rodent pest densities in agricultural systems: the case of common vole (microtus arvalis) in nw spain |
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