Is the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) a threatened species in spain? Sociological constraints in the conservation of species

Virgós, Emílio; Cabezas-Díaz, Sara; Lozano, Jorge

doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6865-2_18

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“…Herruzo 1 and M. Martinez-Jauregui 2 * such as small game diseases and changes in natural predators have pushed some small game species to worrying ecosystems' levels (Virgos et al, 2007), and contributed to generally increase big game populations (Liberg et al, 1994). The combined effects of these external and internal forces have contributed to creating a new big game hunting situation in most industrialized countries.…”

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Trends in hunters, hunting grounds and big game harvest in Spain

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Martínez‐Jauregui

2013

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Aim of study: Game species are considered a scarce natural resource and therefore they are subject to economic analysis. Current studies on factors affecting big game trends have mostly emphasized the impact of ecological supply variables. This study intends to expand this analysis by considering two important supply and demand economic parameters.Area of study: We use big game hunting in Spain from 1972 until 2007 as a case study since it has an important role in the European hunting activity.Material and methods: Different linear models were fitted to explain big game harvests as a function of two parameters not previously used: hunting grounds areas and big game firearm hunting licenses.Main results: Our main results show that up to 1989 the decrease in the area of open access territories significantly explains the increase in big game harvests, and that afterwards, once the hunting property rights were strengthen in most of the Spanish territory, the number of big game firearm licenses best explain big game harvests increments.Research highlights: This work shows an upward trend in Spanish harvests of big game, which can be attributed in part to (1) a shift to the right of big game demand, measured by an increase in big game firearm licenses, and (2) a change in the nature of big game supply (from a backward to an ordinary upward supply curve) due to the strengthening of hunting property rights of Spanish hunting grounds.

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Section: Trends In Hunters Hunting Grounds and Big Game Harvest In Smentioning

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Trends in hunters, hunting grounds and big game harvest in Spain

Herruzo

Martínez‐Jauregui

2013

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“…Regularmente incriminadas em certas zonas de grandes culturas, em aeroportos, em jardins, elas estão largamente em declínio no oeste e no sul da França até Portugal, como também na Grã-Bretanha e na Suíça, e ainda na Espanha, de onde são originários. Nos últimos 30 anos, a baixa das populações nesses locais foi em média de 70%, às vezes de 90% (Vigos et al, 2007).…”

Section: A Ecologia Animal Um Novo Cruzamentounclassified

“…Entretanto, curiosamente, a ideia de atribuir um estatuto de espécie vulnerável a um animal tão modesto e familiar tem algo de incongruente (Vigos et al, 2007). Mas, por outro lado, o coelho também faz uma grande falta a todos os que fizeram de sua caça uma pequena festa, que reuniu gerações de populações rurais no mesmo prazer gastronômico -práticas que exigiam uma grande experiência e eram aprendidas no seio de redes de sociabilidades familiares (Ménateau, 2002).…”

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Mougenot

2012

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Os homens sempre e por toda parte fizeram alguma coisa sobre ou com a “natureza”. Mas as questões não são as mesmas em todos os lugares e as tomadas de decisões que disso resultam podem seguir vias totalmente divergentes. As introduções ou as reintroduções das espécies se multiplicaram a partir de empreendimentos cujo sucesso nunca foi evidente. Considerando-os de perto, descobrimos que são como misturas entre receitas populares, fórmulas de tecnociências e também surpresas que os seres vivos sempre reservaram. Neste artigo defendemos esta ideia seguindo as trajetórias do coelho europeu (Oryctolagus cuniculus) até a Austrália ou Nova-Zelândia. Examinamos os modos como tais trajetórias se cruzaram com outras maneiras de entrar em relação com, de um lado, os não humanos e, de outro, com a ecologia aplicada que acabava de ser descoberta no início do século XX. Diversas controvérsias se sucederam a partir de então. Estas podem ser descritas como crises ou momentos a serem esquecidos. Para nós, elas aparecem antes de tudo como maneiras de desvendar os grandes trabalhos de ordenamento. Não há nenhuma categoria clara nessas histórias, nenhum equilíbrio. Somente seres vivos que se cruzam, se transformam, se sobrepõem, se evitam.

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“…For example, in Spain these studies have been carried out both in the social sciences, such as studies by López Ontiveros (1986), Cecilia and Martínez (1986), or Fernández-Cavada et al (2008), and in biology and the natural sciences, e.g., Virgos et al (2007). Over time, authors have been paying less attention to the analysis and assessment of the statistical sources used.…”

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Understanding long-term hunting statistics: the case of Spain (1972-2007)

2011

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Hunting is assuming a growing role in the current European forestry and agroforestry landscape. However, consistent statistical sources that provide quantitative information for policy-making, planning and management of game resources are often lacking. In addition, in many instances statistical information can be used without sufficient evaluation or criticism. Recently, the European Commission has declared the importance of high quality hunting statistics and the need to set up a common scheme in Europe for their collection, interpretation and proper use. This work aims to contribute to this current debate on hunting statistics in Europe by exploring data from the last 35 years of Spanish hunting statistics. The analysis focuses on the three major pillars underpinning hunting activity: hunters, hunting grounds and game animals. First, the study aims to provide a better understanding of official hunting statistics for use by researchers, game managers and other potential users. Second, the study highlights the major strengths and weaknesses of the statistical information that was collected. The results of the analysis indicate that official hunting statistics can be incomplete, dispersed and not always homogeneous over a long period of time. This is an issue of which one should be aware when using official hunting data for scientific or technical work. To improve statistical deficiencies associated with hunting data in Spain, our main suggestion is the adoption of a common protocol on data collection to which different regions agree. This protocol should be in accordance with future European hunting statistics and based on robust and well-informed data collection methods. Also it should expand the range of biological, ecological and economic concepts currently included to take account of the profound transformations experienced by the hunting sector in recent years. As much as possible, any future changes in the selection of hunting statistics should allow for comparisons between new variables with the previous ones.Key words: hunting; licenses; hunters; ranches; captures. Resumen Estadísticas oficiales de caza: el caso de España (1972-2007)La caza está cobrando un creciente protagonismo en los terrenos forestales y agroforestales europeos actuales. Por ello, resulta esencial contar con unas fuentes estadísticas consistentes, en muchos casos inexistentes, que proporcionen la información cuantitativa necesaria para la elaboración de políticas, la planificación y la gestión de los recursos cinegéticos disponibles. La Unión Europea ha manifestado recientemente el interés por la mejora de las estadís-ticas de caza y la necesidad de establecer un protocolo común europeo para la recogida y uso de las estadísticas de caza. Este trabajo pretende contribuir al debate sobre las mejora de las estadísticas de caza europeas mediante un aná-lisis crítico de las estadísticas oficiales nacionales de caza en España en los últimos 35 años. El análisis se centra sobre los tres grandes pilares que sustentan a la actividad ...

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Is the wild rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) a threatened species in spain? Sociological constraints in the conservation of species

Cited by 36 publications

References 33 publications

Trends in hunters, hunting grounds and big game harvest in Spain

Trends in hunters, hunting grounds and big game harvest in Spain

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Understanding long-term hunting statistics: the case of Spain (1972-2007)

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