Effects of a Danish action plan on reducing shotgun wounding of Common Eider Somateria mollissima.

摘要

Capsule: The incidence of embedded shotgun pellets in Common Eider females declined from 34.1% to 5.5% from 1997 to 2009-2011 after the implementation of an action plan to reduce wounding. Males, which were exposed to hunting outwith the area of the action plan, showed a lower rate of decline.