Science matters
BASC monitors scientific journals, environmental, policy and political alerts for the results of studies of relevance to shooting and conservation. Below are links to a selection of papers published in November – December 2024.
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Birds
- The State of Yorkshire’s Birds
- The Breeding Bird Survey of the United Kingdom
- Vegetation cover in outdoor enclosures reduces feather pecking in farm-reared red-legged partridges (Alectoris rufa)
- Local sub-population dynamics of a central European grey partridge meta-population support large-scale conservation approach to halt its ongoing decline
- Common snipe (Gallinago gallinago) population trend using 12 years of data across different Italian regions
- Essential steps for establishing a large-scale passive acoustic monitoring for an elusive forest bird species: the Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)
- Using tracking data to assess seasonal habitat use and conflict potential of Greylag Geese in Danish intensive agricultural landscapes
- Acoustic detection rate can outperform traditional survey approaches in estimating relative densities of breeding waders
Mammals
Land management
- The conservation island effect of commercial hunting of red-legged partridges in agricultural landscapes
- A landscape-based approach to design flower blocks may reduce mammalian predator activity and protect ground-nesting farmland birds
- An evaluation of agri-environment scheme impact on hedgerows in England
- A vision for the future conservation evidence landscape
- The location of solar farms within England’s ecological landscape: Implications for biodiversity conservation
- Improving result-based schemes for nature conservation in agricultural landscapes—challenges and best practices from selected European countries
- The effect of small-scale agro-environmental initiatives on avian diversity in agricultural landscapes
- Long-term surveys of ungulates’ effects on tree and shrub species in mountainous forests –outcomes and potential limits
Other topics
- State of Natural Capital Report for England 2024: Risks to nature and why it matters
- Evaluating key evidence and formulating regulatory alternatives regarding the UK’s Hunting Trophies (Import Prohibition) Bill
- Unveiling game meat: an analysis of marketing mix and consumer preferences for a forest ecosystem product
- Danish hunting in the light of unique citizen science bag statistics spanning 80Â years
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