Impact of hunting management practices on biodiversity

82 pages.-- REGHAB Project: Report on Workpackage 2 – Deliverable no 7.
The objectives of this workpackage are to synthesise the available data on the effects of gamebird management and hunting on biodiversity. In particular, the objectives of WP2 are to review available information on the effect of habitat management and species management (reinforcement of gamebird populations, predator control) on gamebird populations and on species other than gamebirds.
Additionally, in order to evaluate whether quantitative estimates of the impact of hunting practices on biodiversity are currently possible at any scale, we review the available information on the extent of the implementation of the main management practices in each country/area. In particular, we review and discuss levels of implementation of different measures of habitat management, predator control, and restocking.
REGHAB Project is funded by European Union Contract No. EVK2-CT-2000-200004 within the 5th Research Framework Program.