Study

Effect of strychnine control on nest predators of dabbling ducks

  • Published source details Lynch G.M. (1972) Effect of strychnine control on nest predators of dabbling ducks. Journal of Wildlife Management, 36, 436-440.

Actions

This study is summarised as evidence for the following.

Action Category

Control predators not on islands for wildfowl

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Bird Conservation
  1. Control predators not on islands for wildfowl

    A controlled study on two wetland sites in south Manitoba, Canada, in June 1966 (Lynch 1972) found that a higher proportion of artificial nests survived in an area where nests contained strychnine-treated eggs, than in an area with non-poisoned eggs over a 16 day period (84% survival of 215 nests, with predated nests replaced every four days vs. 66% of 225 nests, predated nests replaced every four days). A total of 33 striped skunks Mephitis mephitis and 15 Franklin’s ground squirrels Poliocitellus franklinii were killed.

     

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