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DOI | 10.1017/S0959270915000180 |
Hunting of migratory birds in North Sinai, Egypt | |
Eason, Perri1; Rabia, Basem2; Attum, Omar3 | |
通讯作者 | Eason, Perri |
来源期刊 | BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL |
ISSN | 0959-2709 |
EISSN | 1474-0001 |
出版年 | 2016 |
卷号 | 26期号:1页码:39-51 |
英文摘要 | During autumn migration, people set trammel nets along most of the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, with migrating Common Quail Coturnix coturnix as their primary target. These nets capture large numbers of quail, but also illegally capture other birds, which are then killed. We present the results of surveys from 2008 to 2012 along these lines of nets on the coast of North Sinai, Egypt. In desert scrub, which covers most of the Sinai coast, the mean number of quail killed reached a high of 357.1 per km per day in 2012, with a grand mean over the study period of 191.9 per km per day. Trammel nets also captured 54 other bird species in 28 families. Species captured at the highest rates in desert scrub included Corncrake Crex crex, Isabelline Wheatear Oenanthe isabellina and Greater Short-toed Lark Calandrella brachydactyla. Based on mean rates of capture from 2008 to 2012 in desert scrub and sand bar habitats, we estimate 2.0 million quail and 0.5 million birds of other species are killed annually in North Sinai during the 45 days of peak migration. In 2012, however, after the use of MP3 players to attract quail became widespread, we estimate that 3.3 million quail and 0.5 million other birds were captured. Hunters near the coast have recently begun covering shrubs and trees with mist nets to catch passerines. From 2010 to 2012, mist nets along our survey routes caught birds of 17 species in three families, with seven of these species caught only in this type of net. Hunting is likely to be a contributing factor to population declines for some species that migrate across Egypt and further studies of migratory bird hunting along the southern Mediterranean shore are badly needed. |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA ; Egypt |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000372519600003 |
WOS关键词 | TERM POPULATION DECLINES ; MIGRANT BIRDS |
WOS类目 | Biodiversity Conservation ; Ornithology |
WOS研究方向 | Biodiversity & Conservation ; Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/191837 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Louisville, Dept Biol, Louisville, KY 40292 USA; 2.Egyptian Environm Affairs Agcy, Nat Conservat Sect, Cairo, Egypt; 3.Indiana Univ SE, Dept Biol, New Albany, IN 47150 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Eason, Perri,Rabia, Basem,Attum, Omar. Hunting of migratory birds in North Sinai, Egypt[J],2016,26(1):39-51. |
APA | Eason, Perri,Rabia, Basem,&Attum, Omar.(2016).Hunting of migratory birds in North Sinai, Egypt.BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL,26(1),39-51. |
MLA | Eason, Perri,et al."Hunting of migratory birds in North Sinai, Egypt".BIRD CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL 26.1(2016):39-51. |
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