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Hunter estimates of game density as a simple and efficient source of information for population monitoring: A comparison to targeted survey methods

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PLOS ONE
卷 16, 期 8, 页码 -

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PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0256580

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  1. University of Hradec Kralove [PrF UHK 2208/2018]

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The study compared hunter obtained data and data obtained by targeted survey methods for four species in Poland from 1960 to 2014, finding that raw hunter estimates convey largely similar information to that provided by other targeted survey methods. Realized annual intrinsic growth rates derived from hunter estimates were strongly positively related to those from strip counts of certain species, while the correlation between period mean growth rates based on hunter estimates and other methods varied among methods and species.
Hunters in Europe gather non-survey game species population estimates to inform wildlife management, however, the quality of such estimates remains unclear. We compared estimates of game density, realized annual intrinsic growth rates, and period mean growth rates between hunter obtained data and data obtained by targeted survey methods for four species in Poland from 1960 to 2014. Raw hunter estimates were strongly positively correlated to spotlight counts of red fox (18 years of monitoring), strip counts of brown hare (21 years) and grey partridge (25 years), male call counts of partridge (24 years), and complete counts of roe deer (49 years), and not related to spotlight counts of brown hare (15 years). Realized annual intrinsic growth rates derived from hunter estimates were strongly positively related to annual intrinsic growth rates derived from strip counts of grey partridge and complete counts of roe deer, but only weakly or not related to strip counts of brown hare, spotlight counts of red fox and brown hare, and male call counts of grey partridge. The period length at which the period mean growth rates derived from hunter estimates and estimates from other methods were strongly correlated was largely variable among methods and species. In the roe deer, correlation between these variables was strong across all years, while in smaller game species the period mean growth rates based on hunter estimates and other methods had the strongest association in period lengths of 6 to 11 years. We conclude that raw hunter estimates convey largely similar information to that provided by other targeted survey methods. Hunter estimates provide a source of population data for both the retrospective and prospective analysis of game population development when more robust estimates are unavailable.

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