Recovery of Eurasian Coot Fulica atra and Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Breeding Populations in an Area Invaded by the American Mink Neovison vison

Walesiak, Michał; Górecki, Grzegorz; Brzeziński, Marcin

doi:10.3161/00016454ao2019.54.1.007

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“…Despite its abundance in Europe, Africa and Asia, the Eurasian coot breeding habitats were largely influenced during current years (Walesiak et al 2019). Habitat modification and loss were the most relevant threats to this water bird (Geldmann et al 2013;Cherkaoui et al 2015;Kumar et al 2017).…”

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Nesting habitat and breeding success of Fulica atra in tree wetlands in Fez’s region, central Morocco

Squalli¹,

Mansouri²,

Dakki

et al. 2020

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The current study was intended to investigate the breeding habitats and ecology of the Eurasian coot Fulica atra in Fez region Morocco. To achieve our goals, nests were monitored in three wetlands Oued Al Jawahir river, Mahraz and El Gaada dams. In addition, nesting vegetation and nest's dimensions were analysed to characterise the Eurasian coot nests. As results, 46 nests (74%) were found in Oued al Jawahir, compared with 15 nests (24%) in Mahraz dam. In El Gaada dam only 2 nests were built by the Eurasian coots. On the other hand, all nests were built on the riparian vegetation of the river and dams. Besides, nests were located in the periphery of the river stream. Many plants were used entirely or special parts, such as stems and roots in nesting activity. Typha angustifolia is used in 45.3% of nests and J. acutus in 38.6% of nests. Other plants are found with a minor presentation in nests, including P. stratiotes (9.6 %) of nests, Phragmites australis (5.6%), and Tamaris sp. (0.9%). These plants form the structure of nests and support. Besides nesting in river's periphery, the nests were constructed at an average height of 14.5 ± 0.05 away from the stream of water. Concerning nest success, nest predation ranged from 57% (2018) to 60% (2019). Nests were lost due to water stream and human disturbance. Finally, Eurasian coots build its nests in the periphery of water ecosystems and in an important high to avoid flooding periods and human disturbances.

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Nesting habitat and breeding success of Fulica atra in tree wetlands in Fez’s region, central Morocco

Squalli¹,

Mansouri²,

Dakki

et al. 2020

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“…Konter (2005) suggested that the extent of aggregation is dictated by the quality of the site and the ability of the grebes to reduce their aggressiveness towards one another. Location of the nest is a crucial factor of protecting the nest from native and non-native predators (Brzezinski et al 2018, Walesiak et al 2019.…”

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Comparison of spring and summer clutches of Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus)

Rajchard

Frazier

Ježková

et al. 2020

Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung.

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The intensively farmed fishponds of the Třeboň Basin in South Bohemia, Czech Republic host a substantial number Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) pairs that nest later than the expected spring season and instead in summer, which may be associated with fishpond farming. A two-factor nested ANOVA of Great Crested Grebe egg and clutch characteristics showed no differences between spring (May-June) and summer (July - August) seasonal clutches. High egg total volume in spring nests was significantly related to both decreasing distance between nests and decreasing number of nests on the fishpond. The increase of total egg volume in summer nests was significantly related to the distance to the edge of littoral vegetation. There is no substantial difference between spring and summer egg characteristics, but total egg volume in spring nests is dependent on other characteristics that those in summer nests.

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“…The Australian Eurasian Coot breeds in permanent or ephemeral wetlands (Bedggood 1980;Pedler & Kovac 2013), as does the species as a whole (Hiraoka 1996;Minias 2016;Walesiak et al 2019), generally in spring and summer though the exact timing of breeding varies geographically (Maclean 1976;Read & Ebdon 1998). Colonies of up to 30 nests have been recorded, as well as solitary nests on small wetlands (Gosper 1981;Marchant & Higgins 1993).…”

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Copulation, interspecific aggression and other observed behaviours in a breeding pair of Australian Eurasian Coots Fulica atra australis on a small urban wetland

Mo¹,

Waterhouse²

2020

Australian Field Ornithology

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Recovery of Eurasian Coot Fulica atra and Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus Breeding Populations in an Area Invaded by the American Mink Neovison vison

Cited by 4 publications

References 52 publications

Nesting habitat and breeding success of Fulica atra in tree wetlands in Fez’s region, central Morocco

Nesting habitat and breeding success of Fulica atra in tree wetlands in Fez’s region, central Morocco

Comparison of spring and summer clutches of Great Crested Grebes (Podiceps cristatus)

Copulation, interspecific aggression and other observed behaviours in a breeding pair of Australian Eurasian Coots Fulica atra australis on a small urban wetland

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