title: [Comparative studies of the release and ability to survive of game pheasants (Phasianus colchicus sp.) from intensive and extensive husbandry].
abstract: Artificially reared pheasants had been released at an age of 10 weeks on two stands in a suitable habitat with a wild pheasant population in Lower Saxony, Germany. Two groups (200 pheasants reared in large fly-aviaries, 200 pheasants reared in dark stables) were bought from commercial breeders who offer pheasants for restocking wild populations. Some of the released pheasants were marked with radio-transmitters. There was no significant difference in survival rate between the two rearing groups. Moreover a significant difference in survival rate between the two releasing points could be find out. Within 32 days 114 (30%) of the 380 released pheasants died mainly by predators e.g. fox/martens (44%) and goshawk (12%). 59% of these refound dead pheasants died already within the first week. 20 pheasants died in the releasing-aviary. Most of the released pheasants alive were re-observed within a diameter of 1000 metres from the releasing points. Only some pheasants dispersed more than 2000 metres. No pheasant released could be observed longer than 5 weeks. We suppose that most of pheasants released died within short time.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Wildtierforschung, Tierärztlichen Hochschule Hannover.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sodeikat
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Niepel
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Fehlberg
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pohlmeyer
mesh_terms: D000822:Animal Husbandry / Q000379:methods*; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany; D008297:Male; D015996:Survival Rate