Effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: Importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas
Hunting is one of the human activities that directly affect wildlife and has received increasing attention given its socioeconomic dimensions. Most studies have been conducted on coastal and wetland areas and showed that hunting activity can greatly affect bird behaviour and distribution. Hunting-fr...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/282124 2024-02-11T10:08:07+01:00 Effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: Importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas Casas, Fabián Mougeot, François Viñuela, Javier Bretagnolle, Vincent European Commission Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-La Mancha 2009 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282124 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00259.x https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000038 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011698 en eng Zoological Society of London John Wiley & Sons https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00259.x Sí Animal Conservation 12(4): 346-354 (2009) 1367-9430 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282124 doi:10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00259.x http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000038 http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100011698 none artículo 2009 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00259.x10.13039/50110000078010.13039/50110000003810.13039/501100011698 2024-01-16T11:30:30Z Hunting is one of the human activities that directly affect wildlife and has received increasing attention given its socioeconomic dimensions. Most studies have been conducted on coastal and wetland areas and showed that hunting activity can greatly affect bird behaviour and distribution. Hunting-free reserves for game species are zones where birds find an area of reduced disturbance. We evaluated the effect of hunting activities on the behaviour and use of hunting-free areas of lapwings Vanellus vanellus, golden plovers Pluvialis apricaria and little bustards Tetrax tetrax in agricultural areas. We compared the habitat use and behaviour of birds on days before, during and after hunting took place. All three studied species showed strong behavioural responses to hunting activities. Hunting activity increased flight probability and time spent vigilant (higher on hunting days than just before and after a hunting day), to the detriment of resting. We also found distributional (use of hunting-free reserve) responses to hunting activities, with hunting-free reserves being used more frequently during hunting days. Thus, reserves can mitigate the disturbance caused by hunting activities, benefiting threatened species in agricultural areas. Increasing the size or number of hunting-free areas might be an important management and conservation tool to reduce the impacts of hunting activities. F.C. was supported by a Marie Curie fellowship of the European Community programme. F.M. was supported by a NERC advanced fellowship, and a grant from the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain (PAI06-0112). Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper Pluvialis apricaria Vanellus vanellus Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) Animal Conservation 12 4 346 354 |
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Hunting is one of the human activities that directly affect wildlife and has received increasing attention given its socioeconomic dimensions. Most studies have been conducted on coastal and wetland areas and showed that hunting activity can greatly affect bird behaviour and distribution. Hunting-free reserves for game species are zones where birds find an area of reduced disturbance. We evaluated the effect of hunting activities on the behaviour and use of hunting-free areas of lapwings Vanellus vanellus, golden plovers Pluvialis apricaria and little bustards Tetrax tetrax in agricultural areas. We compared the habitat use and behaviour of birds on days before, during and after hunting took place. All three studied species showed strong behavioural responses to hunting activities. Hunting activity increased flight probability and time spent vigilant (higher on hunting days than just before and after a hunting day), to the detriment of resting. We also found distributional (use of hunting-free reserve) responses to hunting activities, with hunting-free reserves being used more frequently during hunting days. Thus, reserves can mitigate the disturbance caused by hunting activities, benefiting threatened species in agricultural areas. Increasing the size or number of hunting-free areas might be an important management and conservation tool to reduce the impacts of hunting activities. F.C. was supported by a Marie Curie fellowship of the European Community programme. F.M. was supported by a NERC advanced fellowship, and a grant from the Junta de Comunidades de Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain (PAI06-0112). Peer reviewed |
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Casas, Fabián Mougeot, François Viñuela, Javier Bretagnolle, Vincent |
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Casas, Fabián Mougeot, François Viñuela, Javier Bretagnolle, Vincent Effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: Importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas |
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Casas, Fabián Mougeot, François Viñuela, Javier Bretagnolle, Vincent |
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Casas, Fabián |
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Effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: Importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas |
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Effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: Importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas |
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Effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: Importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas |
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Effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: Importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas |
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Effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: Importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas |
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effects of hunting on the behaviour and spatial distribution of farmland birds: importance of hunting-free refuges in agricultural areas |
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http://hdl.handle.net/10261/282124 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00259.x https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000038 https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011698 |
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