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 June 2021.
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Birds
- Coexistence without conflict, the recovery of Ireland’s endangered wild grey partridge Perdix perdix.
- Temperature and density influence survival in a rapidly declining migratory shorebird
- Contrasting long-term trends in age-specific survival of Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Britain using smoothed estimates of recovery probabilities
Mammals
- History of introduction of Reeves’ muntjac in Great Britain and ecological characteristics facilitating expansion of feral populations
- Colonisation, impacts in conservation woodland and management of Reeves’ muntjac (Muntiacus reevesi) in an English county
- Reeves’ muntjac populations continue to grow and spread across Great Britain and are invading continental Europe.
- Invasive non-native species in Great Britain—policy and delivery, with specific reference to Reeves’ muntjac
- Third-party assessment of contestants during fallow deer fights increases with resource abundance and dominance rank.
- The diel activity pattern of mountain hare (Lepus timidus) on managed heather moorland in Scotland
- Spatial and temporal dynamics of wild boars Sus scrofa hunted in Alpine environment
Land Management
- Landscape features associated to wind farms increase mammalian predator abundance and ground-nest predation
- When speed matters: The importance of flight speed in an avian collision risk model.
- Functional traits driving pollinator and predator responses to newly established grassland strips in agricultural landscapes
- Barriers and opportunities facing the UK Peatland Code: A case-study of blended green finance.
- The sediment carbon stocks of intertidal seagrass meadows in Scotland
- Mixtures of forest and agroforestry alleviate trade-offs between ecosystem services in European rural landscapes
- Contemporary challenges and opportunities for the management of bird damage at field crop establishment
Other topics
- “If it flies, it dies”: Profit, workplace pressure and Bird of Prey persecution
- Evidence of widespread illegal hunting of waterfowl in England despite partial regulation of the use of lead shotgun ammunition
- Explaining support for mandatory versus voluntary conservation actions among waterfowlers
- Does human scent bias the survival of bird nests?
- Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on human–nature interactions: Pathways, evidence and implications.
- Toward moral pathways to motivate wildlife conservation
- The influence of age and gender on the quality of raw and roasted wild boars (Sus scrofa) meat