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 September and October 2023.
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Birds
- The Joy of birds: the effect of rating for joy or counting garden bird species on wellbeing, anxiety, and nature connection
- Drivers of the changing abundance of European birds at two spatial scales
- Why effective predation management is necessary, ethical and sustainable. A Think Piece based on scientific and practitioner evidence
- The use of vicarious liability in environmental law to enhance the legal conservation status of birds of prey
- Limiting scaring activities reduces economic costs associated with foraging barnacle geese: Results from an individual-based model
- The need for a flyway approach in defining the onset of prenuptial migration of huntable bird species across Europe
- Distance to the edge and other landscape features influence nest predation in grey partridges
- Birds and people: from conflict to coexistence
- Sarcocystis Macrocysts Infection in Wildfowl Species in Eastern Baltic Region: Trends in Prevalence in 2011-2022
- Eurasian Woodcock (Scolopax Rusticola) in Intensively Managed Central European Forests Use Large Home Ranges with Diverse Habitats.
Mammals
- Woodland expansion in the presence of deer: 30 years of evidence from the Cairngorms Connect landscape restoration partnership
- 15 years overview of European zoonotic surveys in wild boar and red deer: A systematic review
- Estimating red deer population size using vantage point counts at baited sites
- Dietary habits of the European brown hare: summary of knowledge and management relapses
- Mammal management: Strike mitigation measures and practices at European airports
Land Management
- Neonicotinoids: Still present in farmland birds despite their ban
- Position Statement on the role of controlled burning in the management of heather-dominated landscapes in Great Britain
- Un-muddying the waters: Using benthic and shorebird population data to assess intertidal mudflat conditions and inform management strategies in two Irish Sea marine protected areas
- Improving and expanding hedgerows—Recommendations for a semi-natural habitat in agricultural landscapes
Other topics
- Efforts to ban lead ammunition: a comparison between Europe and the United States.
- Investigation and prevalence of hard ticks infestation in ruminant farm animals in the United Kingdom
- What is it vs Who did it? A review of the lack of human focused forensic evidence in the context of wildlife crime
- Understanding and overcoming obstacles in adaptive management
