Potential impact of Wild boar (Sus scrofa) on Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus) nesting success

In recent decades wild boar have greatly increased in Europe due a combination of environmental and human factors. Because of a high reproduction rate, wild boar cause conflicts with human activities and in particularly agriculture. However, there are concerns also about environmental impact and in particular on ground nesting birds. Our study aim to evaluate the potential impact of wild boar on pheasants nests. Predation rates were compared between two areas with different wild boar abundance and between nests placed in fenced plots with no wild boar access (but accessible to other predators) and open plots in which the wild boar gains access. Predation rate by wild boar in the area with higher wild boar abundance was 61.5% whereas in the area with lower abundance was 16.0%. In plots with free access, wild boar predation was 34.2% whereas in exclusion plots we did not registered predation by wild boar. Moreover, wild boar resulted the main nest predator (total loss 22.8%). Our findings suggest that wild boar could have e strong impact on pheasant reproductive success.

The Impact of TTIP: The underlying economic model and comparisons. CEPS Special Report No. 93/13 October 2014. [TTIP Series No. 1]

What are the economic and other impacts of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership? At the request of the European Parliament, CEPS has provided an appraisal of the TTIP Impact Assessment carried out by the European Commission, with special elaboration of the underlying economic model. The methodology applied by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) for this economic modelling is analysed in depth, together with the assumptions used to make TTIP amenable to an economic appraisal. The research paper also compares the IA on TTIP with selected previous empirical economic assessments of EU trade agreements and with a set of alternative studies on TTIP itself. In reading our findings, two central caveats should be kept in mind that affect any analysis of the CGE model included in the European Commission’s Impact Assessment. First, TTIP is a rather unusual bilateral trade agreement; and second, TTIP is so wide-ranging that an alternative approach, such as the so-called ‘partial’ (equilibrium) approach – already a second-best solution – would be totally inappropriate to the case under examination.

The energy and environmental consequences of increased vehicle size and weight - volume I - final report.

Transportation Department, Research and Special Programs Administration, Washington, D.C.

Sourcebook on transit-related environmental regulations: requirements affecting the acquisition and maintenance of transit vehicles and facilities. Final report.

Federal Transit Administration, Washington, D.C.

Economic impact of highway snow and ice control. Final report.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Economic impact of highway snow and ice control. ESIC - user's manual.

Federal Highway Administration, Washington, D.C.

Satisfaction of the automotive fleet fuel demand and its impact on the oil refining industry. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Office of Research and Development, Washington, D.C.

BART in the San Francisco Bay Area - the final report of the BART Impact Program.

Transportation Department, Washington, D.C.

Environmental impacts of BART: interpretive summary of the final report.

Transportation Department, Washington, D.C.

The impact of BART on economics and finance - interpretive summary of the final report.

Transportation Department, Washington, D.C.

Land use and urban development impact of BART: interpretive summary of the final report.

Transportation Department, Washington, D.C.

Highway planning: agencies are attempting to expedite environmental reviews, but barriers remain.

Mode of access: Internet.

Environmental statement, Tellico project /

Photocopy. Springfield, Va. : Reproduced by National Technical Information Service, [197-]

Draft environmental statement, Charles River study, Massachusetts.

"June 1972."

Draft environmental report on Bangladesh /

"AID/ST/FNR contract no. SA/TOA 1-77."