Importance of young shelterbelts for breeding avifauna in agricultural landscape [Turew area, West Poland]

• Autorzy: Kujawa K
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Protection of high biodiversity in an intensively farmed areas is strongly related to managing the diverse structure of a landscape, for example by planting shelterbelts. The study was aimed at recognition of avifauna dynamics in young (with the age of 1–4 years at the beginning of the study) shelterbelts (N=9) and at estimation of their importance for farmland birds. Bird density was estimated by mapping method in successive years 1996–2001 and the data were combined and analysed in respect to age of shelterbelts. Eighteen breeding species were found (5–8 pairs km⁻¹), among them most abundant were Corn Bunting (Miliaria calandra) (with dominance of 33%), Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) (19%) and Whitethroat (Sylvia communis) (12%). No trend in the changes of species richness and total density was recorded. The density of species preferring building nests and/or feeding in herb layer (like Yellow Wagtail, Skylark Alauda arvensis and Whinchat Saxicola rubetra) decreased during study period while the density of species associated to higher layers of vegetation like Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella), Red-backed Shrike (Lanius collurio) increased. According to earlier study, bird species richness and abundance in studied young shelterbelts were lower than in several dozens years old ones. However, in relation to species colonization both classes of shelterbelts (species building their nests on the ground or in low shrubs), young shelterbelts were as important as old ones.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

avifauna; Red-backed Shrike; Poland; agricultural landscape; biodiversity; landscape management; Corn Bunting; shelter belt; Sylvia communis; Motacilla flava; bird; farmland bird; Lanius collurio; young shelter belt; Whitethroath; breeding avifauna; Yellow Wagtail; Whinchat; Turew area; Saxicola rubetra; Miliaria calandra; Western Poland

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Polish Journal of Ecology
• Rocznik: 2004
• Tom: 52
• Numer: 4
• Opis fizyczny: p.433-443,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Kujawa K

• Polish Academy of Sciences, Field Station, Turew, Szkolna 4, 64-000 Koscian, Poland

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