Ecologically based management of grassland small mammals
International audience Since 2007, the European REACH directive makes industry responsible for assessing and managing the risks for humans and the environments posed by chemicals. National plans (e.g. Ecophyto in France) and regulations more and more aim at reducing the dependence of farmers on pest...
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ftunifranchecom:oai:HAL:hal-01175842v1 2024-05-12T08:02:33+00:00 Ecologically based management of grassland small mammals Giraudoux, Patrick Coeurdassier, Michael Couval, Geoffroy Truchetet, Denis Institut universitaire de France (IUF) Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.) Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC) Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC) Fédération Régionale de Défense contre les Organismes Nuisibles Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la Forêt Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la forêt Seville, Spain 2015-09-21 https://hal.science/hal-01175842 en eng HAL CCSD hal-01175842 https://hal.science/hal-01175842 10th European Vertebrate Pest Management Congress https://hal.science/hal-01175842 10th European Vertebrate Pest Management Congress, Sep 2015, Seville, Spain [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject Conference papers 2015 ftunifranchecom 2024-04-18T14:13:13Z International audience Since 2007, the European REACH directive makes industry responsible for assessing and managing the risks for humans and the environments posed by chemicals. National plans (e.g. Ecophyto in France) and regulations more and more aim at reducing the dependence of farmers on pesticides. Small mammal population surges pose a number of problems in various domains such as agriculture, forestry, health and conservation. However, a large number of small mammal pest species are actually important key stone species in their native range. They maintain large densities of various species of predators that may be of conservation value and legally protected. Unconditional chemical control of grassland rodents often induces inacceptable consequences on non-target fauna and poses inextricable problems to various stakeholders of regional ecosystems. The water vole (Arvicola scherman) and the common vole (Microtus arvalis) are two grassland species that may reach large population densities and cause heavy damage to grassland and crops. Here we present the results of long term inter-sectorial research carried out since the late 1980s, aiming at identifying the key ecological factors that may help grassland vole control. In Franche-Comté, France, this led to the development of integrated methods (a “toolbox”), now implemented by farmers, inspiring national regulations to conduct more sustainable control of grassland rodents. Application of such methods to A. terrestris populations decreased the quantity of bromadiolone bait used per hectare by 8, the area treated by 6, and led to a subsequent drastic reduction of the impact of vole control on non-target species. Conference Object Common vole Microtus arvalis Université de Franche-Comté (UFC): HAL |
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International audience Since 2007, the European REACH directive makes industry responsible for assessing and managing the risks for humans and the environments posed by chemicals. National plans (e.g. Ecophyto in France) and regulations more and more aim at reducing the dependence of farmers on pesticides. Small mammal population surges pose a number of problems in various domains such as agriculture, forestry, health and conservation. However, a large number of small mammal pest species are actually important key stone species in their native range. They maintain large densities of various species of predators that may be of conservation value and legally protected. Unconditional chemical control of grassland rodents often induces inacceptable consequences on non-target fauna and poses inextricable problems to various stakeholders of regional ecosystems. The water vole (Arvicola scherman) and the common vole (Microtus arvalis) are two grassland species that may reach large population densities and cause heavy damage to grassland and crops. Here we present the results of long term inter-sectorial research carried out since the late 1980s, aiming at identifying the key ecological factors that may help grassland vole control. In Franche-Comté, France, this led to the development of integrated methods (a “toolbox”), now implemented by farmers, inspiring national regulations to conduct more sustainable control of grassland rodents. Application of such methods to A. terrestris populations decreased the quantity of bromadiolone bait used per hectare by 8, the area treated by 6, and led to a subsequent drastic reduction of the impact of vole control on non-target species. |
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Institut universitaire de France (IUF) Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.) Laboratoire Chrono-environnement (UMR 6249) (LCE) Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Franche-Comté (UFC) Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC)-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté COMUE (UBFC) Fédération Régionale de Défense contre les Organismes Nuisibles Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la Forêt Ministère de l'agriculture, de l'agroalimentaire et de la forêt |
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Ecologically based management of grassland small mammals |
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Ecologically based management of grassland small mammals |
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Seville, Spain |
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Common vole Microtus arvalis |
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Common vole Microtus arvalis |
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10th European Vertebrate Pest Management Congress https://hal.science/hal-01175842 10th European Vertebrate Pest Management Congress, Sep 2015, Seville, Spain |
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