Comparison of hunting site strategies of the common buzzard Buteo buteo in open landscapes and along expressways
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Result on the web
<a href="https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18045" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18045</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.18045" target="_blank" >10.7717/peerj.18045</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Comparison of hunting site strategies of the common buzzard Buteo buteo in open landscapes and along expressways
Original language description
Background: The expansion of human activities in their many forms increases the frequency, diversity, and scale of human-wildlife interactions. One such negative form is the expansion of road infrastructure, causing road kill and traffic-related noise as well as habitat loss and fragmentation. Even so, habitats around road infrastructure are attractive foraging areas that attract certain bird species. We assessed the impact of road infrastructure on the foraging strategies of the common buzzard Buteo buteo. Methods: Birds were observed during two winter seasons in two land-use types, along an expressway and an open agricultural landscape. Individual birds were tracked for a 10-min sequence as a separate sample was analysed. The material, covering 1,220 min along the expressway, and 1,100 min in the agricultural landscape, was collected. Results: Time spent by buzzards on medium-height sites was higher along the expressway than in farmland. Buzzards changed their hunting sites following the mean wind speed. Also, they more often changed their sites along the expressway than in farmland. The land-use types, snow cover, and the mean wind speed mediated the number of attacks on prey. These results illustrate the high plasticity of the buzzards' behaviour, which can adapt their hunting strategies to both foraging locations (expressway and farmland) and weather conditions. Roadsides along expressways are attractive foraging areas for this diurnal raptor, so reducing the risk of vehicle collisions with this and other birds of prey may require targeted planning efforts.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10619 - Biodiversity conservation
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
PeerJ
ISSN
2167-8359
e-ISSN
2167-8359
Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
e18045
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
18
Pages from-to
1-18
UT code for WoS article
001355457400004
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85204458450