What type of lean ducks do hunters kill? Weakest local ones rather than migrants.

Mathieu Guillemain (1) , Hervé Fritz (2) , Alan R. Johnson (3) , Géraldine Simon (3)

1 ONCFS - Office Nationale de la Chasse et de la Faune Sauvage
2 Ecologie quantitative et évolutive des communautés
3 Station Biologique de la Tour du Valat

An earlier study in western France showed that birds shot around protected areas had a lower body mass than birds remaining in nature reserves, but it was impossible at that time to distinguish wether shot birds were leaner because they were exhausted and ignorant migrants, or whether there was simply to be shot.

Mots clés: Ans crecca; body condition bias; body mass; migration

Domaines: Biodiversité et Ecologie; Environnement et Société; Milieux et Changements globaux

Mathieu Guillemain, Hervé Fritz, Alan R. Johnson, Géraldine Simon. What type of lean ducks do hunters kill? Weakest local ones rather than migrants.. Wildlife Biology, 2007, 13, pp.102-107. ⟨hal-00182954⟩