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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 May – June 2024.
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Birds
- Evaluation of self-regulation by the hunting community: A case study on the voluntary restraint of woodcock hunting in the UK
- Population and distribution change of Eurasian Woodcocks Scolopax rusticola breeding in the UK: results of the 2023 Breeding Woodcock Survey
- Manging for more – Why predation management is needed for nature recovery
- Wild birds and the ecology of antimicrobial resistance: an approach to monitoring
- Home ranges and hatching success of threatened Eurasian curlew in north-eastern Europe relates to habitat type: Natural vs. agricultural landscapes
- “Flying without fear: Shooting disturbance has little effect on site preferences in a conflict goose species
- Lead poisoning of raptors: state of the science and cross-discipline mitigation options for a global problem
- Tracking data highlight the importance of human-induced mortality for large migratory birds at a flyway scale.
Mammals
Land management
- Trees and Woods. At the heart of nature recovery in Scotland
- Surveying Birds in Open Habitats near Proposed Woodland Creation Schemes: What is the Effect of Having Fewer Visits?
- An assessment of future rewilding potential in the United Kingdom
- Annual extent of prescribed burning on moorland in Great Britain and overlap with ecosystem services
- Economic incentives for woodland creation on farmland: Modelling the impacts on biodiversity
- Hedgerow structural diversity is key to promoting biodiversity and ecosystem services: A systematic review of Central European studies
- Carbon sequestration potential in hedgerow soils: Results from 23 sites in Germany
- Development and evaluation of generalized fuel models for predicting fire behaviour in northern European heathlands
- Developing Statements of Compliance for UK protected areas and ‘other effective area-based conservation measures’
Other topics
- Evaluating diversionary feeding as a method to resolve conservation conflicts in a recovering ecosystem
- The transformative potential of local stakeholder engagement in the reintroduction of a contested species
- Exploring the social and cultural values of trees and woodlands in England: A new composite measure
- A multi-species, multi-pathogen avian viral disease outbreak event: Investigating potential for virus transmission at the wild bird – poultry interface
- Repeatability and reproducibility of hunter-harvest sampling for avian influenza virus surveillance in Great Britain
- Meat Consumption Patterns and Changes in Consumer Attitudes
- Overview: You are what your food eats: land use, climate change and food