Subtitle:

Effect of landscapre structure on nest site selection

Contributor:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology

Publisher:

Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Ecology. Publishing Office

Place of publishing:

Dziekanów Leśny

Description:

Pages 239-247 : illustrations ; 27 cm ; Bibliographical references (pages 246-247)

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Abstract:

The effect of agricultural landscape structure (size of crop fields, occurrence of permanent cover areas) on grey partridge Perdix perdix nest site selection and nesting success was studied in an area with high variation of crop field size, using radiotelemery (21 located nests, 31 nesting attempts observed) and dummy nests (n = 240). Partridges preferred permanent cover as nesting site, but in areas with smaller crop fields and lower proportion of permanent cover areas a tendency to nest in crops, mostly in cereals, was observed. In partridge home ranges, where nesting attempts were successful, average length of permanent cover areas without trees was higher than in ones with lost nests. Predation of dummy nests was higher in permanent cover than in cereals, but survival index of dummy nests situated in permanent cover increased with increasing length of permanent cover areas in study plots.

References:

Andren H. 1992 - Corvid density and nest predation in relation to forest fragmentation: a landscape perspective – Ecology, 73: 794-804.
Andren H., Angelstam P. 1988 – Elevated predation rates as an edge effect in habitat islands: experimental evidence – Ecology, 69: 544-547.
Andren H., Angelstam P., Lindstrom E., Widen P. 1985 – Differences in predation pressure in relation to habitat fragmentation: an experiment – Oikos, 45: 273-277.
Angelstam P. 1986 - Predation on ground-nesting birds' nests in relation to predator densities and habitat edge – Oikos, 47: 365-373.
Birkan M., Avignon T., Reitz F., Vignon V. 1994 – Influence d 'une autoroute sur le succes reproducteur de la perdrix grise (Perdix perdix) en plaine de grande culture – Gibier Faune Sauvage, 11: 207-218.
Byers C. R., Steinhorst R. K., Kraussman P. R. 1984 – Clarification of a technique for analysis of utilization-availability data – J. Wildl. Manage. 48: 1050-1053.
Carroll J. P., Crawford R. D., Schulz J. W. 1990 – Nesting and brood-rearing ecology of gray partridge in North Dakota (In: Perdix V: Gray partridge and ring-necked pheasant workshop, Eds. K. E. Church, R. E. Warner, S. J. Brady) – Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks, Emporia, pp. 272-294.
Chamberlain D. E., Hatchwell B. J., Perrins C. M. 1995 – Spaced out nests and predators: an experiment to test the effects of habitat structure – J. Avian Biol. 26: 346-349.
Cody M. L. 1985 – Habitat selection in birds – Academic Press, London, 558 pp.
Daring V., Helfrich R. 1986 – Zur Okologie einer Rebhuhnpopulation (Perdix perdix, Linne, 1758) im Unteren Naheland (Rheinland-Pfalz; Bundesrepublik Deutschland) - Schriften des Arbeitskreises fur Wildbiologie und Jagdwissenschaft an der Justus-Liebig-Universitat Gießen, 15: 1-365.
Dyrcz A. 1969 – The ecology of the song-thrush (Turdus philomelos Br.) and blackbird (Turdus merula L.) during the breeding season in an area of their joint occurrence – Ekologia Polska, Seria A: 735-793.
Gates J. E., Gysel L. W. 1978 - Avian nest dispersion and fledging outcome in field-forest edges - Ecology, 59: 871-833.
Meriggi A., Montagna D., Zacchetti D., Matteucci C., Toso S. 1990 – Population dynamics of the gray partridge in relation to agriculture and weather in northern Italy (In: Perdix V: Gray partridge and ring-necked pheasant workshop, Eds. K. E. Church, R. E. Warner, S. J. Brady) – Kansas Departnaent of Wildlife and Parks, Emporia, pp. 241-256.
Meriggi A., Saino N., Montagna D., Zacchetti D. 1992 – Influence of habitat on density and breeding success of grey and red-legged partridges - Boil. Zool. 59: 289-295.
Meller A. P. 1988 - Nest predation and nest site choice in passerine birds in habitat patches of different size: a study of magpies and blackbirds - Oikos, 53: 215-221.
Meller A. P. 1989 - Nest site selection across field-woodland ecotones: the effect of nest predation - Oikos, 56: 240-246.
Meller A. P. 1991 - Clutch size, nest predation, and distribution of avian unequal competitors in a patchy environment - Ecology, 72: 1336-1349.
Ney C. W., Byers C. R., Peek J. M. 1974 - A technique for analysis of utilization-availability data - J. Wildl. Manage. 38: 541-545.
Osborne P., Osborne L. 1980 - The contribution of nest site characteristics to breeding success among blackbirds Turdus merula - Ibis, 122: 512-517.
Panek M. 1992 - Mechanisms determining population levels and density regulation in Polish grey partridges (Perdix perdix) (In: Perdix VI: First international symposium on partridges, quails and francolins, Eds. M. Birkan, G. R. Potts, N. J. Aebischer, S. D. Dowell) - Gibier Faune Sauvage 9: 325-335.
Panek M. 1994 - The effect of land-use changes on populations of partridge (Perdix perdix) in Poland (In: Functional Appraisal of Agricultural Landscape in Europe, EUROMAB and INTECOL Seminar 1992, Eds. L. Ryszkowski, S. Bałazy) - Research Center for Agricultural and Forest Environment, Pol. Acad. Sci, Poznań, pp. 197-203.
Panek M. 1997 - Density-dependent brood production in the grey partridge (Perdix perdix) in relation to habitat quality - Bird Study, 44: 235-238.
Panek M. 1999 - Zmiany liczebności kuropatw w Polsce w latach 1987-1997 oraz ich przyczyny [Changes in numbers of grey partridges in Poland in the years 1987-1997 and their causes] (In: Zwierzyna drobna jako elementy bioróżnorodności środowiska przyrodniczego, Ed. S. Kubiak) - Włocławskie Towarzystwo Naukowe, Włocławek, pp. 167-178 (in Polish).
Panek M., Kamieniarz R. 1998 – Agricultural landscape structure and density of grey partridge (Perdix perdix) populations in Poland (In: Proceedings of the Perdix VII: Symposium on partridges, quails and pheasants, Eds. M. Birkan, L. M. Smith, N. J. Aebischer, F. J. Purroy and P. A. Robertson) - Gibier Faune Sauvage, 15: 309-320.
Petrjanos S. 1990 - Zum Einfluss verschiedener Landwirtschaftsformen auf Rebhuhnpopulationen in Osterreich (In: Proc. XVIth Intern. Congr. IUGB, Ed. P. Hell) - Forest Research Institut, Zvolen, pp. 832-840.
Pielowski Z., Kamieniarz R., Panek M. 1993 - Raport o zwierzętach łownych w Polsce [Report about game animals in Poland] – PIOS, Biblioteka Monitoringu Środowiska, Warszawa, 128 pp (in Polish).
Potts G. R. 1980 - The effects of modern agriculture, nest predation and game management on the population ecology of partridges Perdix perdix and Alectoris rufa. - Adv. Ecol. Res. 11: 2-79.
Potts G. R. 1986 - The Partridge. Pesticides, predation and conservation - Collins, London, 274 pp.
Rands M. R. W. 1986 - Effect of hedgerow characteristics on partridge breeding densities - J. Appl. Ecol. 23: 479-487.
Rands M. R. W. 1987a - Recruitment of grey and red-legged partridges (Perdix perdix and Alectoris rufa) in relation to population density and habitat - J. Zool., Lond. 212: 407-418.
Rands M. R. W. 1987b - Hedgerow management for the conservation of partridges Perdix perdix and Alectoris nifa - Biol. Conserv. 40: 127-139.
Rands M. R. W. 1988 - The effect of nest site selection on nest predation in grey partridge Perdix perdix and red-legged partridge Alectoris rufa - Ornis Scand. 19: 35-40.
Small M. F., Hunter M. L. 1988 – Forest fragmentation and avian nest predation in forested landscapes - Oecologia, 76: 62-64.
Tapper S. C., Green R. E., Rands M. R. W. 1982 - Effects of mammalian predators on partridge populations - Mammal. Rev. 12: 159-167.
Tapper S. C., Potts G. R., Brockless M. H. 1996 - The effect of an experimental reduction in predation pressure on the breeding success and population density of grey partridges Perdix perdix - J. Appl. Ecol. 33: 965-978.
Wilcove D. S. 1985 - Nest predation in forest tracts and the decline of migratory songbirds - Ecology, 66: 1211-1214.

Relation:

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volume:

48

Issue:

3

Start page:

239

End page:

247

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Resource Identifier:

oai:rcin.org.pl:113457 ; ISSN 1505-2249

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.2840 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

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:

Operational Program Digital Poland, 2014-2020, Measure 2.3: Digital accessibility and usefulness of public sector information; funds from the European Regional Development Fund and national co-financing from the state budget.

Access:

Open