WILDLIFE DAMAGE TO CROPS: PERCEPTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL AND WILDLIFE PROFESSIONALS IN 1957 AND 1987
WILDLIFE DAMAGE TO CROPS: PERCEPTIONS OF AGRICULTURAL AND WILDLIFE PROFESSIONALS IN 1957 AND 1987
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野生动物对农作物的损害：1957 年和 1987 年农业和野生动物专业人士的看法
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1991
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D. Decker
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M. Conover;D. Decker
我们调查了州野生动物机构，州农业部门，野生动物推广专家，美国农业部动物损害控制代理人和州农业局官员，以发展一个国家的野生动物对农作物的损害的观点在美国广泛的共识存在，野生动物损害是一个主要问题，虽然团体往往在他们的看法不同的严重性的具体问题。野生动物破坏问题的复杂性是显而易见的，因为27种不同的野生动物物种被认为是对一个州的农民造成最大问题的原因。然而，38-80%的受访者表示，鹿是他们最严重的问题。大多数受访者认为，在过去30年中，野生动物的破坏有所增加。当我们将我们的发现与1957年进行的类似调查（McDowell和Pillsbury，1958）进行比较时，野生动物破坏的程度也明显增加。例如，在1957年，16个州报告说，鹿要么没有问题，要么只造成局部问题，而在我们的调查中，这16个州中的15个州表示，鹿现在对农作物造成的损害比任何其他野生动物物种都要大。JL/植物病理学和生态学系，康涅狄格州农业实验站，信箱1106，纽黑文，CT 06504。^/Department of Natural Resources，Cornell University，Ithaca，NY 14853.
We surveyed state wildlife agencies, state agricultural departments, Wildlife Extension Specialists, U.S.D.A. Animal Damage Control agents, and state Farm Bureau officials to develop a national perspective of wildlife damage to agricultural crops in the U.S. A broad concensus existed that wildlife damage was a major problem, although groups often differed in their perceptions of the seriousness of specific problems. The complexity of the wildlife damage problem was apparent in that 27 different wildlife species were cited as causing the greatest problem to a state's farmers. Nevertheless, 38-80% of the respondents from every group surveyed stated that deer were their worst problem. Most respondents believed that wildlife damage had increased in the last 30 years. Increasing levels of wildlife damage also were apparent when we compared our findings to those of a similar survey conducted in 1957 (McDowell and Pillsbury 1958). For instance in 1957, 16 states reported that deer were either no problem or only caused localized problems, while in our survey, 15 of these 16 states stated that deer were now causing more damage to crops than any other wildlife species. JL/Department of Plant Pathology and Ecology, The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Box 1106, New Haven, CT 06504. ^/Department of Natural Resources, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853.