Densities and Habitats of the Tawny Pipit<i>Anthus campestris</i>in the Wielkopolska Region (W Poland)

Grzybek, Jerzy; Michalak, Ireneusz; Osiejuk, Tomasz S.; Tryjanowski, Piotr

doi:10.3161/000164508x395342

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“…This finding highlights a great conservation potential of AMTS that remained overlooked until now as, to our knowledge, these sites were out of the focus of studies in conservation science (but see Warren et al 2007). Our findings correspond with the patterns described in studies reporting high conservation value of active military installations for prairie birds in North America (Cully and Winter 2000;Althoff et al 2004;Rivers et al 2010), for savannah birds in Australia (Woinarski and Ash 2002) and for several farmland birds in Poland (Kuzniak et al 2001, Grzybek et al 2008. Various studies showed that periodic disturbance caused by military trainings hinders succession of vegetation towards closed scrubland or forest (Kade and Warren 2002;Hirst et al 2005).…”

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Abandoned military training sites are an overlooked refuge for at-risk open habitat bird species

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The European landscape is under pervasive attack of massive land use changes, such as agricultural intensification, urbanization and land abandonment. These changes resulted in population decline of birds living in open habitats. Despite a good understanding on the effects of these driving forces on bird populations, effective conservation actions are difficult to conduct as these forces are closely connected with socioeconomic development of particular countries and thus almost impossible to reverse. It is hence necessary to conserve refuge sites with a limited influence of these negative factors. We surveyed birds in 42 abandoned military training sites (AMTS) in a central European country, the Czech Republic, and we have found these sites are valuable, and to date overlooked, refuges for bird conservation. Birds of high conservation concern and open habitats birds (such as Miliaria calandra, Saxicola torquata or Lullula arborea) were more abundant in AMTS than predicted by their total population size in the Czech Republic. The most important characteristics predicting attractiveness of AMTS for birds of conservation concern were low altitude, low proportion of forest/dense scrubland, high proportion of sparse scrubland/bare ground and large area. Former military activity was beneficial for declining open habitat birds by maintaining moderate disturbance levels, which are rarely found elsewhere in current landscapes. Owing to reduction of armed forces across Europe AMTS provide continental-wide network of high-quality sites for bird conservation. Nevertheless, AMTS are subject to pressure from building activities or loss of openness due to overgrowth of forest or scrub plant communities.

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“…It is important to note, however, that roads and associated infrastructure can offer hunting, foraging and nesting opportunities, and that certain species (eg. raptors, corvids, farmland and woodland species) are known to incorporate them into defended territories (Grzybek et al, 2008;Morelli et al, 2014).…”

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Are wildlife overpasses of conservation value for birds? A study in Australian sub-tropical forest, with wider implications

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“…Land abandonment temporarily increases biodiversity of bird populations as fallow land undergoes natural succession (e.g. toward grassland and/or scrub encroachment) and attracts many species (Bignal 1998, Orłowski 2004, Grzybek et al 2008, Nagy et al 2009. Land abandonment also increases landscape heterogeneity e.g.…”

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Conservation of Farmland Birds Faces Different Challenges in Western and Central-Eastern Europe

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Densities and Habitats of the Tawny PipitAnthus campestrisin the Wielkopolska Region (W Poland)

Cited by 12 publications

References 7 publications

Abandoned military training sites are an overlooked refuge for at-risk open habitat bird species

Abandoned military training sites are an overlooked refuge for at-risk open habitat bird species

Are wildlife overpasses of conservation value for birds? A study in Australian sub-tropical forest, with wider implications

Conservation of Farmland Birds Faces Different Challenges in Western and Central-Eastern Europe

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