Abstract

RAMOS NINA, Claudia Beatriz  and  CANALES GUTIERREZ, Ángel. Population estimate and agricultural damage of Lepus europaeus (Liebre Europea) in rainy season in the chucuito Peninsula, lake Titicaca, perú. Ecol. apl. [online]. 2018, vol.17, n.2, pp.141-147. ISSN 1726-2216.  http://dx.doi.org/10.21704/rea.v17i2.1234.

The research was carried out in the communities: Churo, Karina and Luquina Chico, located in the Chucuito - Puno peninsula, Peru, from december 2010 to may 2011. The objectives were: 1) Evaluation of the population size of Lepus europaeus (European hare), 2) Verification of damages caused in agricultural production in three communities, 3) Determination of the appropriate method of capture to reduce and control the populations of European hares. We apply the linear transect method, used to determine the population size and the method of indirect observation of fingerprints, through olfactory stations, with fingerprints. We placed 160 stakes for loop traps in total for the communities under study, around which we placed 100 olfactory stations, and we also made Chacu de hares (capture with the participation of several people). Finally, we quantified the percentage of economic losses through on-site observations in 10 plots / community. Based on the area consumed by hare of the total area / plot, we apply damage percentage and conduct interviews. Based on the loop and Chacu trap method, we compared the appropriate method of capture. The results were: estimate population of 1.2 ind/ha in Churo, 1.1 ind/ha in Karina and 2.4 ind/ha in Luquina Chico, while the abundance obtained in the olfactory seasons in 5 different crops was: 11.7 individuals in Luquina Chico, 10.8 individuals in Churo and 9.3 individuals in Karina. In the analysis of economic losses, it was found that: the greater the economic damage, the higher the cost (r = 0.67) between two variables evaluated in Churo (r = 0.64) in Karina and (r = 0.49) in Luquina Chico. Finally, we show that there is no difference between trap methods Lazo and Chacu (H_calc(0.05)=1.19; 1 gl; p=0.2000).

Keywords : farming; seasons; catch; damage; fingerprints; population; European hare; damages; transects; stations; tracks.

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