RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article
T1 Hunting Levels of Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) at Sites Where Food Is Provided: Implications for Sustainable Harvesting
A1 Rocha, Gregorio
A1 Tizado Morales, Emilio Jorge
A1 Sánchez García, Carlos
A2 Zoologia
K1 Zoología
K1 Columbids
K1 European turtle dove
K1 Food plots
K1 Monitoring
K1 Productivity
K1 Quota
K1 Streptopelia turtur
K1 Sustainable hunting
AB [EN] The European turtle dove (Streptopelia turtur) is an important gamebird in south-western Europe, and in some areas a significant proportion of hunting grounds conduct targeted management aiming to increase its breeding densities and hunting opportunities, mainly through food provision. Using harvest data from managed grounds, we estimated the productivity (juvenile/adult ratio), the harvesting levels and the local turtle dove abundance before the hunting season, the latter being compared to the number of birds observed by hunters in food plots. Our research found high values of productivity and significant differences between the estimated abundance and the number of birds observed by hunters, which suggests that in a high proportion of grounds, the latter method may have led to bird overestimation and overharvesting. As managed grounds for the turtle dove may increase the productivity and recruitment of the species, it is crucial to ensure sustainable harvesting through (1) bird monitoring based on transects to calculate abundance and (2) promoting regulations to adjust the number of hunting days.
PB MDPI
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18160
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/18160
NO Rocha, G., Tizado, E. J., & Sánchez-García, C. (2022). Hunting Levels of Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) at Sites Where Food Is Provided: Implications for Sustainable Harvesting. Animals, 12(16). https://doi.org/10.3390/ANI12162106
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 26-may-2024