Nest-site and landscape characteristics affect the distribution of breeding pairs of European Rollers Coracias garullus in an agricultural area of southeastern France

• Autorzy: Bouvier J.-C. , Muller I. , Genard M. , Lescourret F. , Lavigne C.

Warianty tytułu

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Czynniki wpływające na wybór miejsc lęgowych przez kraski

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Understanding factors that drive the choice of breeding habitats for birds is important for species management and conservation. We addressed this question in the case of the European Roller Coradas garrulus, an endangered species listed in Annex I of the European Union directive for bird conservation. For secondary hole-nesting birds, such as rollers, the breeding micro- and macrohabitat selection may rely on the location of the nest hole in a tree and its immediate surrounding environment as well as the larger scale foraging habitat. We used both of these criteria to compare the characteristics of Green Woodpecker Picus viridis holes that either were or were not occupied by breeding pairs of the European Roller. Our study was carried out in an agricultural landscape of southeastern France where the population of European Roller is trending towards an increase. When compared to unoccupied holes, occupied holes were at a lower height (approx. 6 m above ground) and were preferentially located in dead trees with other holes in close vicinity. Occupied holes were also located in landscapes with lower land use intensity (i.e., higher proportions of meadows, fallow lands, and fewer hedgerows and built areas) than non-occupied holes. Finally, fallow lands and meadows harboured more Orthoptera, an important food resource for rollers, than other land cover categories. Thus, our results highlight the importance of these land covers for the species management and indicate that they may be favourable areas for nest-box provisioning.

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Badania prowadzono na terenach rolniczych w południo-wschodniej Francji (Fig. 1). Wyszukiwano dziuple (wykute przez dzięcioła zielonego) zajęte i niezajęte przez kraski. Następnie wybór miejsca gniazdowego przez te ptaki analizowano w dwóch skalach: 1) drzewa z dziuplą oraz 2) otaczającego środowiska w promieniu do 500 m od drzewa z dziuplą. W promieniu tym metodą transektową określano także liczebność prostoskrzydłych (głównego pożywienia krasek), w trzech głównych rodzajach środowisk: sadach, polach uprawnych oraz łąkach i odłogach. Zmienne związane z rodzajem użytkowania ziemi analizowane były przy pomocy analizy głównych składowych (Tab. 1). Stwierdzono, że dziuple wykorzystywane przez kraski w porównaniu do dziupli niezajętych przez te ptaki były położone niżej nad ziemią, częściej znajdowały się w drzewach martwych, a w najbliższej okolicy znajdowały się także inne dziuple (Tab. 2, 3). Dziuple zajęte przez ptaki znajdowały się na terenach charakteryzujących się niższą intensywnością rolnictwa (większy udział łąk, odłogów) niż niezajęte (Tab. 2), ptaki unikały gniazdowania na terenach zurbanizowanych, z dużym udziałem sadów i żywopłotów (Tab. 3, Fig. 2). Liczebność prostoskrzydłych różniła się pomiędzy formami użytkowania ziemi i była najwyższa na łąkach i odłogach. Uzyskane wyniki wskazują na znaczenie sposobów użytkowania ziemi dla ochrony tego gatunku i dają podstawy do wyboru miejsc, w których można np. wieszać skrzynki lęgowe dla krasek.

Słowa kluczowe

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nest site; landscape; animal distribution; bird; breeding pair; European Roller; Coracias garullus; agricultural area; France

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Ornithologica
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 49
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.23-32,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Bouvier J.-C.

• INRA, UR 1115, Plantes et Systemes de culture Horticoles, F-84000 Avignon, France

autor

Muller I.

• INRA, UR 1115, Plantes et Systemes de culture Horticoles, F-84000 Avignon, France

autor

Genard M.

• INRA, UR 1115, Plantes et Systemes de culture Horticoles, F-84000 Avignon, France

autor

Lescourret F.

• INRA, UR 1115, Plantes et Systemes de culture Horticoles, F-84000 Avignon, France

autor

Lavigne C.

• INRA, UR 1115, Plantes et Systemes de culture Horticoles, F-84000 Avignon, France

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10.3161/000164514X682869