Breeding in an agricultural landscape: conservation actions increase nest survival in a ground-nesting bird

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F24%3A43909161" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/24:43909161 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/breeding-in-an-agricultural-landscape-conservation-actions-increase-nest-survival-in-a-groundnesting-bird/BA9C45FE5B0E5BBFEFF9B066F5145460" target="_blank" >https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/oryx/article/breeding-in-an-agricultural-landscape-conservation-actions-increase-nest-survival-in-a-groundnesting-bird/BA9C45FE5B0E5BBFEFF9B066F5145460</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0030605323000911" target="_blank" >10.1017/S0030605323000911</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Breeding in an agricultural landscape: conservation actions increase nest survival in a ground-nesting bird

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Agricultural intensification has affected wildlife across Europe, triggering steep declines and regional extinctions of farmland birds. Effective conservation activities are essential for the preservation of biodiversity in an agricultural landscape, but current efforts have not succeeded in halting these declines. Here we investigate a ground-nesting shorebird, the collared pratincole Glareola pratincola, which has shifted its habitat use in Central Europe over the last 20 years from alkaline grasslands to intensively managed agricultural fields. We show that nesting success was different between three agricultural habitat types, with the highest nesting success in fallow lands and the lowest in row crops. Nesting success was also associated with the timing of breeding and breeding density, as nests produced early in the breeding season and those in high-breeding-density areas hatched more successfully than those produced later in the season and at low density. We implemented direct conservation measures including marking nests and negotiating with farmers to avoid cultivating the field between nest markers, controlling nest predators and, most recently, creating suitable nesting sites and foraging areas for pratincoles. As a result of these conservation actions, nest survival increased from 11.2% to 83.5% and the size of the breeding population increased from 13 to 56 pairs during 2012-2021. Thus, we show that agricultural landscapes can continue to provide suitable habitats, and targeted conservation actions have the potential to reverse the declines of farmland species.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Breeding in an agricultural landscape: conservation actions increase nest survival in a ground-nesting bird

Popis výsledku anglicky

Agricultural intensification has affected wildlife across Europe, triggering steep declines and regional extinctions of farmland birds. Effective conservation activities are essential for the preservation of biodiversity in an agricultural landscape, but current efforts have not succeeded in halting these declines. Here we investigate a ground-nesting shorebird, the collared pratincole Glareola pratincola, which has shifted its habitat use in Central Europe over the last 20 years from alkaline grasslands to intensively managed agricultural fields. We show that nesting success was different between three agricultural habitat types, with the highest nesting success in fallow lands and the lowest in row crops. Nesting success was also associated with the timing of breeding and breeding density, as nests produced early in the breeding season and those in high-breeding-density areas hatched more successfully than those produced later in the season and at low density. We implemented direct conservation measures including marking nests and negotiating with farmers to avoid cultivating the field between nest markers, controlling nest predators and, most recently, creating suitable nesting sites and foraging areas for pratincoles. As a result of these conservation actions, nest survival increased from 11.2% to 83.5% and the size of the breeding population increased from 13 to 56 pairs during 2012-2021. Thus, we show that agricultural landscapes can continue to provide suitable habitats, and targeted conservation actions have the potential to reverse the declines of farmland species.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10618 - Ecology

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GM23-07692M" target="_blank" >GM23-07692M: Migrace zvířat v měnícím se světě – Přesuny za reprodukcí do vyšších zeměpisných šířek: stále výhodná strategie nebo maladaptivní chování?</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

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

Název periodika

Oryx

ISSN

0030-6053

e-ISSN

1365-3008

Svazek periodika

58

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

10

Strana od-do

240-249

Kód UT WoS článku

001113532100001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85179081985