Health status of free-ranging ring-necked pheasant chicks (Phasianus colchicus) in North-Western Germany.
Being a typical ground-breeding bird of the agricultural landscape in Germany, the pheasant has experienced a strong and persistent population decline with a hitherto unexplained cause.Contributing factors to the ongoing negative trend, such as the effects of pesticides, diseases, predation, increase in Toddler Wetsuit traffic and reduced fallow pe