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Unravelling migration connectivity reveals unsustainable hunting of the declining ortolan bunting

Jiguet, Frédéric ; Robert, Alexandre ; Lorrillière, Romain ; Hobson, Keith A. ; Kardynal, Kevin J. ; Arlettaz, Raphaël ; Bairlein, Franz ; Belik, Viktor ; Bernardy, Petra and Copete, José Luis , et al. (2019) In Science Advances 5(5).
Abstract

In France, illegal hunting of the endangered ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana has been defended for the sake of tradition and gastronomy. Hunters argued that ortolan buntings trapped in southwest France originate from large and stable populations across the whole of Europe. Yet, the European Commission referred France to the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) in December 2016 for infringements to legislation (IP/16/4213). To better assess the impact of hunting in France, we combined Pan-European data from archival light loggers, stable isotopes, and genetics to determine the migration strategy of the species across continents. Ortolan buntings migrating through France come from northern and western populations, which are... (More)

In France, illegal hunting of the endangered ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana has been defended for the sake of tradition and gastronomy. Hunters argued that ortolan buntings trapped in southwest France originate from large and stable populations across the whole of Europe. Yet, the European Commission referred France to the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) in December 2016 for infringements to legislation (IP/16/4213). To better assess the impact of hunting in France, we combined Pan-European data from archival light loggers, stable isotopes, and genetics to determine the migration strategy of the species across continents. Ortolan buntings migrating through France come from northern and western populations, which are small, fragmented and declining. Population viability modeling further revealed that harvesting in southwest France is far from sustainable and increases extinction risk. These results provide the sufficient scientific evidence for justifying the ban on ortolan harvesting in France.

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American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
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10.1126/sciadv.aau2642
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  abstract     = {{<p>In France, illegal hunting of the endangered ortolan bunting Emberiza hortulana has been defended for the sake of tradition and gastronomy. Hunters argued that ortolan buntings trapped in southwest France originate from large and stable populations across the whole of Europe. Yet, the European Commission referred France to the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) in December 2016 for infringements to legislation (IP/16/4213). To better assess the impact of hunting in France, we combined Pan-European data from archival light loggers, stable isotopes, and genetics to determine the migration strategy of the species across continents. Ortolan buntings migrating through France come from northern and western populations, which are small, fragmented and declining. Population viability modeling further revealed that harvesting in southwest France is far from sustainable and increases extinction risk. These results provide the sufficient scientific evidence for justifying the ban on ortolan harvesting in France.</p>}},
  author       = {{Jiguet, Frédéric and Robert, Alexandre and Lorrillière, Romain and Hobson, Keith A. and Kardynal, Kevin J. and Arlettaz, Raphaël and Bairlein, Franz and Belik, Viktor and Bernardy, Petra and Copete, José Luis and Czajkowski, Michel Alexandre and Dale, Svein and Dombrovski, Valery and Ducros, Delphine and Efrat, Ron and Elts, Jaanus and Ferrand, Yves and Marja, Riho and Minkevicius, Simonas and Olsson, Peter and Pérez, Marc and Piha, Markus and Rakovic, Marko and Schmaljohann, Heiko and Seimola, Tuomas and Selstam, Gunnar and Siblet, Jean Philippe and Skierczyski, Michal and Sokolov, Alexandr and Sondell, Jan and Moussy, Caroline}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{5}},
  publisher    = {{American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)}},
  series       = {{Science Advances}},
  title        = {{Unravelling migration connectivity reveals unsustainable hunting of the declining ortolan bunting}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aau2642}},
  doi          = {{10.1126/sciadv.aau2642}},
  volume       = {{5}},
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