TY - JOUR
T1 - Agri-environmental schemes for the Common hamster (Cricetus cricetus). Why is the Dutch project Successful?
AU - la Haye, M.J.J.
AU - Muskens, G.J.D.M.
AU - van Kats, R.J.M.
AU - Kuiters, A.T.
AU - Siepel, H.
N1 - http://www.aab.org.uk/contentok.php?id=378
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - The Common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) is a rodent, which inhabits arable land across Europe. Over the last decades, West European populations declined with more then 95%, which resulted in numerous local and regional extinctions. In the Netherlands the species went extinct in the wild in 2002, but the same year a research and reintroduction programme was started. The combination of research on the ecology of the species, monitoring, and translation of the results into practical Agri-environmental schemes (AES), resulted in a rapid population growth over the last 7 years. The Dutch project is one of the few projects in Europe which shows positive results of AES on the target species.
AB - The Common hamster (Cricetus cricetus) is a rodent, which inhabits arable land across Europe. Over the last decades, West European populations declined with more then 95%, which resulted in numerous local and regional extinctions. In the Netherlands the species went extinct in the wild in 2002, but the same year a research and reintroduction programme was started. The combination of research on the ecology of the species, monitoring, and translation of the results into practical Agri-environmental schemes (AES), resulted in a rapid population growth over the last 7 years. The Dutch project is one of the few projects in Europe which shows positive results of AES on the target species.
M3 - Article
VL - 100
SP - 117
EP - 124
JO - Aspects of Applied Biology
JF - Aspects of Applied Biology
SN - 0265-1491
ER -