Une espèce protégée qui dérange

Le Hamster commun (Cricetus cricetusL.) en Alsace1

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ID4679960
AuthorsColette Méchin (Maison Interuniversitaire des Sciences de l'Homme, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume46
Issue1
Pages127-139
Publication date2011-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropozoologica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0761-3032 • E-ISSN: 2107-0881
PublisherMuseum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5252/az2011n1a5
OpenAlexW2011129865
LanguageFR
Citations received2
References cited4

Méchin C. 2011. — Une espèce protégée qui dérange : le Hamster commun (Cricetus cricetus L.) en Alsace. Anthropozoologica 46.1 : 127–139.A disturbing protected species: The common hamster in AlsaceThe Common Hamster (Cricetus cricetus L.) is a rodent which is specific in France of the plains of Alsace. It has long been regarded as a pest which destroys harvests. In Alsace, its eradication has been promoted into the 1980s. However, the Bern Convention, ratified by France in 1990, has ranked it among protected species. The transition from a much hated animal to a protected one, was not always accepted by farmers who are the main actors involved in the protective measures implemented in the convention.This article focuses on the role played by the different actors in this conflict (local, national and international administrations, the associations for nature's conservation, the farmers, etc.) and it deals with the choices which are made according to the political, economic and societal trends of the moment

Biology · Convention · Geography · Hamster · Political science · Politics · Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies · Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies · Law · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Forestry · Molecular Biology

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