Effect of fox hunting with small hound packs on spatial behaviour of brown hares |
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Authors: | Marco Zaccaroni Niccolò Biliotti Martina Caroli Elettra Sereni Francesco Dessì-Fulgheri |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Firenze, Via Romana 17, 50125 Firenze, Italy |
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Abstract: | Control of red fox Vulpes vulpes populations is a fundamental game management tool used by hunters interested in increasing prey populations. In Italy, a popular method to control fox populations is hunting with small hound packs. The effects of this hunting technique on non-target species such as the brown hare Lepus europaeus, are unknown. In this study, we analysed for the first time the effects of fox hunting with hound packs on brown hares tagged with VHF collars. Our results showed that hunting with four trained hounds did not significantly modify the spatial behaviour of the brown hare. |
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