scholarly journals Restoration of a sustainable wild grey partridge shoot in eastern England

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-398
Author(s):  
R. A. H. Draycott ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Supplementary Feeding ◽  
Perdix Perdix ◽  
Grey Partridge ◽  
Habitat Creation ◽  
The 1950S ◽  
Predation Control ◽  
National Decline

Eastern England has been a stronghold for grey partridges Perdix perdix, but in common with the rest of Britain, numbers declined from the 1950s onwards. Partridges within a 40 km2 study area in the county of Norfolk have been monitored in conjunction with the Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) since the 1950s. Since 2001 a programme of habitat creation, supplementary feeding and predation control was undertaken by the landowner, farmers and gamekeepers to restore partridges. Numbers increased from 4.7 pairs/km2 in March 2001 to 54 pairs/km2 in March 2011. These densities are comparable with those before the national decline in grey partridge stock. In the last three winters, between 13 and 74 birds/km2 were harvested and spring stocks continue to increase.

scholarly journals The grey partridge in the UK: population status, research, policy and prospects

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Aebischer ◽  
◽  
J. A. Ewald ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Wildlife Conservation ◽  
Research Policy ◽  
Population Status ◽  
Predator Density ◽  
Grey Partridge ◽  
Habitat Creation ◽  
Management Measures ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Cost

Numbers of grey partridges (Perdix perdix) have declined catastrophically over the last 50 years in the UK. By contrast, the Partridge Count Scheme of the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust (GWCT) shows an 81 % increase on participating UK sites since 2000. We explore the background and reasons for this conflicting picture. GWCT research has led to scientifically proven recommendations for improving the UK partridge environment, ranging from habitat requirements to predator density. The research has influenced UK government policy, which now includes one of the most conservation–oriented and flexible agri–environment schemes in Europe, allowing land managers to recover much of the cost of grey partridge habitat creation. Culling common predators is not covered by agri–environment schemes, so it is primarily shooting estates with private gamekeepers that have implemented the full package of management measures. The future fate of the grey partridge in the UK rests on the balance between the economics of agricultural production, agri–environment measures and shooting.

Testosterone Affects the Acoustic Structure of the Male Call in the Grey Partridge (Perdix Perdix)

Behaviour ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 128 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 301-310 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Beani ◽  
L. Fusani ◽  
F. Dessi-Fulgheri
Keyword(s):  
Acoustic Structure ◽  
Perdix Perdix ◽  
Grey Partridge

scholarly journals First evidence of heteroplasmy in Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Pizzirani ◽  
Paolo Viola ◽  
Federica Gabbianelli ◽  
Anna Fagotti ◽  
Francesca Simoncelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perdix Perdix ◽  
Grey Partridge

The health signalling of ornamental traits in the Grey Partridge (Perdix perdix)

2013 ◽  
Vol 154 (3) ◽  
pp. 717-725 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana Svobodová ◽  
Barbora Gabrielová ◽  
Petr Synek ◽  
Petr Marsik ◽  
Tomáš Vaněk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Perdix Perdix ◽  
Grey Partridge ◽  
Ornamental Traits

Fibre types in breast and leg muscles of hand-reared and wild grey partridge (Perdix perdix)

1998 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 236-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahti EI Pyörnilä ◽  
Ahti P Putaala ◽  
Raimo K Hissa
Keyword(s):  
Relative Number ◽  
Fibre Types ◽  
Muscle Fibres ◽  
Poor Survival ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Perdix Perdix ◽  
Grey Partridge ◽  
The Poor ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Fast Twitch

Fibre types and sizes and their relative numbers and cross-sectional areas in M. pectoralis, M. supracoracoideus, and M. iliotibialis of hand-reared and wild grey partridge (Perdix perdix) were determined in order to see if there are differences that could account for the poor survival of hand-reared birds released into the wild. Histochemical staining for myosin ATPase and succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) showed that most breast-muscle fibres (80-90%) are of the fast-twitch glycolytic (FG) type and a smaller portion of the fast-twitch oxidative glycolytic (FOG) type. In M. iliotibialis, about 60% of the fibres were FG fibres and the rest were of the FOG type. Judging from the low intensity of SDH staining, FOG fibres in the grey partridge appear weakly oxidative only. The relative number of FG fibres and their relative cross-sectional area in M. pectoralis were larger in the hand-reared than in the wild birds. The cross-sectional areas of both fibre types in M. iliotibialis were significantly larger in the hand-reared birds. Taken as a whole, these findings alone do not account for the poor survival of hand-reared partridge in the wild.

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