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Titre :	A comparison of breeding bird populations inside and outside of European Badger Meles meles control areas (2020)
Auteurs :	Esther F. Kettel, Auteur ; Ivan Lakin, Auteur ; Matthew J. Heydon, Auteur ; Gavin M. Siriwardena, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Bird Study (67(3) July, 2020)
Article en page(s) :	279-291
Résumé :	Capsule Analyses of survey data reveal no clear effects of the removal of European Badger Meles meles, a top predator in Great Britain, on bird populations.Aims To investigate the effects of licensed Badger culling on bird populations in southwest England using ongoing monitoring data.Methods Breeding Bird Survey data were used to compare population growth rates inside and outside Badger cull areas in southwest England over a five-year cull period (2013–2017), following a five-year baseline period (2008–2012). Comparative analyses of population growth rates of ground-nesters and of other species were tested for potential influences of Badger predation. We also compared species richness and diversity before and during culling, in treatment and control areas.Results Most results were non-significant (48 of 58 species) but, where population growth rates were different (P
En ligne :	https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2021.1889460

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