The Crimean population of the lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) has low behavioural flexibility in its response to approaching humans

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.22038" target="_blank" >10.25225/jvb.22038</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Crimean population of the lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor) has low behavioural flexibility in its response to approaching humans

Original language description

The ongoing growth of the human population will increase the rate of wildlife-human interactions. High levels of animal tolerance and flexible responses towards human presence seem to be among the key mechanisms behind successful wildlife-human coexistence, but this behaviour remains unexplored for most populations and species of animals. Here, we investigate the escape behaviour (measured as flight initiation distance) of the Crimean population of a charismatic and declining bird species, the lesser grey shrike (Lanius minor). We examined its relationship with starting distance of the approaching human, directness of that approach (direct or tangential), habitat type (rural or suburban), and height of the perch used by shrikes. We found that the starting distance was significantly associated with escape responses of shrikes to approaching humans. In contrast, we found no significant association between escape responses and directness of approach, habitat type, or height of perch. Our results indicate that the lesser grey shrike may exhibit low flexibility in their escape responses towards humans which may have implications for their conservation management. Our results also indicate that the widely used 30 m threshold for minimum starting distance may be insufficient for rural populations, even of small passerines.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Journal of Vertebrate Biology

ISSN

2694-7684

e-ISSN

2694-7684

Volume of the periodical

71

Issue of the periodical within the volume

22038

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

22038

UT code for WoS article

000844065100001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85139244445