Corp damage by wildlife in corn fields with different farming practice

• Main Authors: Yun-Ting Chung, 鍾昀庭
• Other Authors: Hai-Yin Wu
• Format: Others
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/00769068555455028750

碩士 === 國立東華大學 === 自然資源與環境學系 === 104 === The conflicts between wildlife and human occurred around the world. Wildlife could spread zoonosis disease, attack human or livestock or raid crops. Crop raiding by wildlife is the most common conflict. Farmers suffering economic losses might hurt wildlife to eradicate or retaliate them. An effective physical control that can reduce crop raiding without harming wildlife is important. I investigated the crop damage in the Fu-Shing Lipahak Ecological Farm in Hualien county. Ridging, ribbons and weeding were applied in cornfields to control Formosan ring-necked pheasant(Phasianus colchicus) and rodents. Corn saplings were mainly eaten by pheasants. Corn seed were eaten by pheasants and rodents. But rodents were less threatening to corn seed. During sapling phase ribbons decreased pheasant damage of crops, while ridging didn’t reduce damage. In the harvest, ribbon didn’t prevent pheasants feeding corns, however, weed control reduced rodent damage and rodent capture rate.