De impact van jacht op patrijzenpopulaties: Wat kunnen populatiemodellen ons leren?

Scheppers, Thomas; Verzelen, Yasmine; Devos, Koenraad; Huysentruyt, Frank; Casaer, Jim; Adriaens, Tim; Bruyn, Luc De; Berge, Koen Van Den; Daele, Toon Van; Vermeersch, Glenn

doi:10.21436/inbor.15402520

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“…Within the scope of this study, we focus on the predation on small game species (pheasant, partridge, hare) and on pest species (rats and voles) in Flanders. The grey partridge (Perdix perdix, hereafter named 'partridge') is native to but declining in Flanders (SchePPerS et al 2019), in line with the trend everywhere in Western Europe (KuiJPer et al 2009). However, its decline might have been masked for years in Flanders via private restocking initiatives.…”

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confidence: 87%

Consumption of game and pest species by small-and medium-sized carnivores

Berge

Veken

et al. 2022

Belg. J. Zool.

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Ecosystem services are the contributions that natural ecosystems make to people. Mammalian carnivores can provide both positive and negative ecosystem services by consuming pest or game species, respectively. In this study, we determined the consumption of certain game and pest species for a guild of sympatric small- and medium-sized carnivores (European badger, red fox, European polecat, stone marten, stoat and least weasel). We found that game and pest species comprise a notable proportion of the diet, ranging from 0.0% to 12.6% and from 2.7% to 46.3%, respectively. Furthermore, for all carnivores we found that the proportion of pest species such as rats and voles (i.e., positive ecosystem service) was higher than the proportion of game species such as pheasants, partridges and hares, i.e., negative ecosystem service). Moreover, stoat and weasel did not consume any game species. This study gives a first overview of the potential ecosystem services through consumption of pest and game species provided by small- and medium-sized carnivores.

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confidence: 87%