The relationship of spring and summer weather with density and breeding performance of the Buzzard Buteo buteo, Goshawk Accipiter gentilis and Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Kostrzewa, Achim; Kostrzewa, Renate

doi:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1990.tb00278.x

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“…In our model species, three different environmental factors, belonging to climate, habitat structure and land-use cover, were involved in determining habitat quality via an effect on both the number of fledged juveniles and the probability of breeding success rather than failure: the amount of rainfall during chick rearing, the wetland interspersion index and the cover of urbanized areas. Climatic factors are important determinants of reproductive success in a large number of animal species, and studies suggest that many raptor species suffer heavy rain during brood rearing (e.g., Mearns and Newton 1988;Kostrzewa and Kostrzewa 1990;Penteriani 1997;Selås 2001;Rodrí-guez and Bustamante 2003;Krüger 2004), likely because rain (1) increases the risk of hypothermia for young, and (2) degrades the hunting conditions of adults (Lehikoinen et al 2009). Therefore, the effect of rainfall on owl breeding performance is perhaps not surprising, but our study is the first one to analyze in detail rainfall effects on owl productivity.…”

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Rainfall and landscape features affect productivity in an alpine population of Eagle Owl Bubo bubo

Bionda¹,

Brambilla

2011

J Ornithol

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We investigated the effects of habitat structure and composition, rainfall and nest spacing on the productivity of an Eagle Owl Bubo bubo population in Piedmont, northern Italy, at 10 sites from 1996 to 2007. We modeled the effects of the above factors on the productivity of 85 breeding attempts through a mixed model procedure. The number of fledged young per pair was affected positively by wetland interspersion index (a potential estimate of prey abundance) and negatively by rainfall during chick-rearing and by cover of urbanized land in the nest surroundings. Our results demonstrated that productivity can be affected by a variety of factors of different kinds, which should be considered together in studies on habitat quality. Zusammenfassung Wir haben die Effekte von Habitatstruktur und -zusammensetzung, Niederschlag und Nestabstand auf die Produktivität einer Population des Uhus Bubo bubo in Piedmont, Norditalien, an zehn Standorten zwischen 1996 und 2007 untersucht. Wir haben die Effekte der obengenannten Faktoren auf die Produktivität von 85 Brutversuchen mit Hilfe einer gemischten Modell-Prozedur modelliert. Die Anzahl ausgeflogener Jungvögel pro Paar wurde positiv vom Feuchtgebiets-Interspersion-Index (einem potenziellen Maß der Beuteabundanz) und negativ vom Niederschlag während der Kükenaufzucht sowie von der Bedeckung mit urbanisiertem Land in der Nestumgebung beeinflusst. Unsere Ergebnisse zeigten, dass die Produktivität von einer Vielfalt unterschiedlicher Faktoren beeinflusst werden kann, die in Studien über Habitatqualität berücksichtigt werden sollten.

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Rainfall and landscape features affect productivity in an alpine population of Eagle Owl Bubo bubo

Bionda¹,

Brambilla

2011

J Ornithol

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“…Th is is a reasonable result if migration distance (rather than wintering location) is genetically determined: a probable expectation especially in short-lived species (Pulido 2007). However, for some species, no shift in the wintering grounds has resulted in longer (or shorter) migration distances due years (Kostrzewa and Kostrzewa 1990, Huey 1991, Newton 1998. Furthermore, species often show higher fi delity to breeding than to wintering sites, which may also explain why, for some species, shifts were larger in the wintering than in the breeding grounds (Louchart 2008).…”

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Differences in shifts of wintering and breeding ranges lead to changing migration distances in European birds

Potvin

Välimäki

Lehikoinen

2016

Journal of Avian Biology

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Studies on the impact of climate change on the distributions of bird species in Europe have largely focused on one season at a time, especially concerning summer breeding ranges. We investigated whether migratory bird species show consistent range shifts over the past 55 yr in both breeding and wintering areas or if these shifts are independent. We then analyzed whether patterns in changing migration distances of Finnish breeding birds could be explained by habitat use, phylogeny or body size. We used long-term datasets from the Finnish ringing centre to analyze the mean wintering latitudes of 29 species of Finnish breeding birds, then used breeding distribution data to make predictions as to whether certain species were migrating shorter or longer distances based on the comparative shifts in the wintering and breeding grounds. Our data reveal species-specifi c diff erences in changing migration distances. We show that for many species, long-term shifts in wintering ranges have not followed the same patterns as those in the breeding range, leading to diff erences in migration distances over time. We conclude that species are not adjusting predictably to climate change in their wintering grounds, leading to changing migration distances in some, but not all, species breeding in Finland. Th is research fi lls an important gap in the current climate change biology literature, focusing on individuals ' entire life histories and revealing new complexities in range shift patterns.In recent years, climate change models have predicted that species ranges will shift towards the poles and mountaintops, and in many species these range shifts have already been documented (Parmesan 2006, Chen et al. 2011, Brommer et al. 2012). To date, most studies investigating range shift patterns focus on seasonal ranges of species, often concentrating on breeding populations (Th omas and Lennon 1999, Hitch and Leberg 2007, Devictor et al. 2008, Zuckerberg et al. 2009, Brommer et al. 2012, although a few have focused on wintering locations (Barbet-Massin et al. 2009, Chen et al. 2011. While important, these studies provide a limited view of the overall impact of climate change on species ranges, and comparisons across species show little to no consistency in how anthropogenic climate change has aff ected range shifts. Th is makes it particularly diffi cult to generalize and therefore to understand the mechanisms behind latitudinal range shifts as a response to climate change (Elmberg et al. 2014). In order to more fully assess responses of species to a changing climate, and to make better predictions regarding future persistence, it is important to gather information about how the entire annual cycle of an individual has changed over time . To do this for migratory species, we need long-term information about how both winter and summer ranges have changed over the past century.In contrast to breeding ranges, wintering areas of migratory species are often more poorly known and can be thus very diffi cult to study. Recent attempts in both Nor...

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“…obs.). In several European populations annual breeding density and productivity are greatly influenced by food resource availability and variations in the weather (Spidsø & Selås 1988, Kostrzewa & Kostrzewa 1990, Graham et al . 1995, Goszczyński 1997, Selås 2001, Lõhmus 2003.…”

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Density, habitat selection and breeding biology of Common BuzzardsButeo buteoin an insular environment

Rodríguez

Sivério²,

Rodríguez

et al. 2009

Bird Study

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The relationship of spring and summer weather with density and breeding performance of the Buzzard Buteo buteo, Goshawk Accipiter gentilis and Kestrel Falco tinnunculus

Cited by 102 publications

References 14 publications

Rainfall and landscape features affect productivity in an alpine population of Eagle Owl Bubo bubo

Rainfall and landscape features affect productivity in an alpine population of Eagle Owl Bubo bubo

Differences in shifts of wintering and breeding ranges lead to changing migration distances in European birds

Density, habitat selection and breeding biology of Common BuzzardsButeo buteoin an insular environment

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