Investigations into the Wood-pigeon Problem in Cabbage Fields during Winter |
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| Authors: | W Keil |
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| Institution: | Institute of Applied Ornithology, Frankfurt/Main (Fed. Rep. of Germany) |
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| Abstract: | In Europe the population of the wood-pigeon ( Columba palumbus L.) is increasing, consequently agricultural and horticultural damage is also increasing, especially in cereal and Brassica fields. In Great Britain long-term investigations of this problem have been made.
In the Federal Republic of Germany, wood-pigeons cause a lot of damage to cabbage fields. Farmers, in the Mainz-Gonsenheim area, suffer damage amounting to more than DM 100,000 per annum, to their Brassica crops. This amounts to 30% of the harvest. Our Institute has started a research program to find methods of reducing the damage in cabbage fields and to test methods of controlling the pigeon populations. The investigations are supported by the Ministerium für Landwirtschaft, Weinbau und Umweltschutz in Rheinland-Pfalz. |
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