Scale-dependent habitat associations of a rapidly declining farmland predator, the Little Owl Athene noctua, in contrasting agricultural landscapes

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/60076658:12310/16:43890651 RIV/00216208:11310/16:10324041

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.031" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.031</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.031" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.agee.2016.03.031</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Scale-dependent habitat associations of a rapidly declining farmland predator, the Little Owl Athene noctua, in contrasting agricultural landscapes

Original language description

During the last half of century, agricultural intensification within European farmlands caused the deprivation of farmland biodiversity, including farmland birds. Since then different conservation measures have been introduced to reverse declining trends of these birds. Yet, variable success of these measures suggests that habitat management requires planning at appropriate spatial scales. In this study, we examine habitat associations of the Little Owl, a rapidly declining farmland bird, within the context of Central European farmland. We collected presence/absence data from three different countries (the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary) and examined habitat associations within and between regions at three different spatial scales: nest site, home range and landscape. We show that certain habitat associations are shared across all study regions, namely those involving grasslands and farm buildings that are used for foraging and nesting, respectively. Inter-regional analysis reveals that grasslands, gardens/orchards and farm buildings are most important habitats at small spatial scales, whereas at large spatial scales, the owl is positively associated with open habitats in terms of arable fields. We suggest that conservation planning should take into account both regional and inter-regional aspects of a species’ habitat associations to distinguish between common habitat requirements and local species-environment relationships.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EH - Ecology - communities

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2016

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

ISSN

0167-8809

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

224

Issue of the periodical within the volume

May

Country of publishing house

NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

56-66

UT code for WoS article

000375809900007

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-84962031628