Title:

Bird species number in farmland: iteractions between point counts number and landscape structure

Subtitle:

Acta Ornithologica, vol. 35, no. 1 ; Ocena liczby gatunków na obszarach rolniczych metodą punktową: znaczenie struktury krajobrazu i liczby punktów ; Assesing the number of birds species in farmland

Creator:

Kujawa, Krzysztof

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii ; Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union (2 ; 1999 ; Gdańsk)

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2000

Description:

Referat wygłoszony na Second Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union ; Bibliogr. p. 94 ; P. [91]-95 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Abstract in Polish

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

birds ; Poland ; Germany ; congresses ; species richness ; farmland ; landscape structure ; point counts method ; species-area curve ; Aves

Abstract:

The aim of the study was to determine the relation between landscape structure, point counts number and the number of breeding bird species occuring in different types of farmland. Species number was evaluated using point counts on six plots localised in Polish and German farmland (from 30-52 points/plot, 10 min/point, radius - 100 or 150 m). The equation: S = cAz, where S - species number, A - sample size (number of points), c, z - parameters, was used to test the relation between point counts number and species numbers. The coefficients of determination amounted to 0.95-0.99. Among the parameters of equation, c was more strongly correlated with landscape parameters (e.g. wood cover). The analysis revealed, that unified farmland requires bigger representative sample size compared to other, more diversified types of farmland. At least 50 points are needed for proper comparing bird species number between farmlands or periods.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

35

Issue:

1

Start page:

91

End page:

95

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257, Vol. 35, No 1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568, Vol. 35, No 1 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY 3.0 PL] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY 3.0 PL license, full text available at:

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure ; European Union. European Regional Development Fund

Access:

Open