Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain

Some birds use social cues, such as the presence of conspecifics, when selecting breedinghabitat. This phenomenon, known as conspecific attraction, has been well-documented in migratory species,but has not been assessed for resident species of birds. We used Dupont’s Larks (Chersophilus duponti) as am...

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Autores: Pérez Granados, Cristian, Traba Díaz, Juan
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
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Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/714722
https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12306
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Palabra clave:Acoustic monitoring
autonomous recording unit
chersophilus duponti
playback
social behavior
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
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spelling Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central SpainPérez Granados, CristianTraba Díaz, JuanAcoustic monitoringautonomous recording unitchersophilus dupontiplaybacksocial behaviorBiología y Biomedicina / BiologíaSome birds use social cues, such as the presence of conspecifics, when selecting breedinghabitat. This phenomenon, known as conspecific attraction, has been well-documented in migratory species,but has not been assessed for resident species of birds. We used Dupont’s Larks (Chersophilus duponti) as amodel species to determine if conspecific attraction plays a role in habitat selection by resident species ofbirds. At our study site in Soria province in central Spain, we monitored two potential habitat patches andone managed site where management actions had provided apparently suitable habitat. At each site, webroadcast recordings of the songs and calls of male Dupont’s Larks, and monitored their presence during thebreeding season and dispersal period in 2018 using automated recorders and field surveys. No birds wereattracted to our study sites. Our results suggest that management of patches of suitable habitat should occurclose to areas (within 1 km) already occupied by Dupont’s Larks to encourage natural colonization because,based on our results, playback of conspecific vocalizations may not attract the species to new breeding areas.However, additional studies are needed before drawing conclusions about the effectiveness of conspecificattraction for this and other resident species of birdsThis is a contribution to the LIFE Ricoti (LIFE15-NAT-ES-000802), supported by the European Com-mission, the “BBVA-Dron Ricoti,” funded by theBBVA Foundation and the Excellence Network Reme-dinal 3CM (S2013/MAE2719), supported by Comu-nidad de Madrid. We are grateful to two anonymousreviewers and Gary Ritchison, whose comments helpedto improve the manuscript. We thank J. Albarracín, G.Bota, and D. Giralt for technical advice and supportin the design and use of ARUs, and A. Barrero, D.Bustillo-de la Rosa, J. Gómez-Catasús, and M. Rev-erter for their close collaboration during fieldwork.This study was performed under proper legislation ofthe Spanish law. J. M. Meneses (Dirección General de Medio Natural, Junta de Castilla y León) provided thenecessary permits to broadcast the vocalizations of Dupont’s Larks at monitored sitesWileyDepartamento de EcologíaFacultad de Ciencias20192019-08-05research articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10486/714722https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12306reponame:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAMinstname:Universidad Autónoma de MadridInglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/7147222026-06-23T12:46:27Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain
title Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain
spellingShingle Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain
Pérez Granados, Cristian
Acoustic monitoring
autonomous recording unit
chersophilus duponti
playback
social behavior
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
title_short Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain
title_full Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain
title_fullStr Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain
title_full_unstemmed Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain
title_sort Testing the conspecific attraction hypothesis with Dupont's Larks, a resident species of songbird in central Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pérez Granados, Cristian
Traba Díaz, Juan
author Pérez Granados, Cristian
author_facet Pérez Granados, Cristian
Traba Díaz, Juan
author_role author
author2 Traba Díaz, Juan
author2_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamento de Ecología
Facultad de Ciencias
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Acoustic monitoring
autonomous recording unit
chersophilus duponti
playback
social behavior
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
topic Acoustic monitoring
autonomous recording unit
chersophilus duponti
playback
social behavior
Biología y Biomedicina / Biología
description Some birds use social cues, such as the presence of conspecifics, when selecting breedinghabitat. This phenomenon, known as conspecific attraction, has been well-documented in migratory species,but has not been assessed for resident species of birds. We used Dupont’s Larks (Chersophilus duponti) as amodel species to determine if conspecific attraction plays a role in habitat selection by resident species ofbirds. At our study site in Soria province in central Spain, we monitored two potential habitat patches andone managed site where management actions had provided apparently suitable habitat. At each site, webroadcast recordings of the songs and calls of male Dupont’s Larks, and monitored their presence during thebreeding season and dispersal period in 2018 using automated recorders and field surveys. No birds wereattracted to our study sites. Our results suggest that management of patches of suitable habitat should occurclose to areas (within 1 km) already occupied by Dupont’s Larks to encourage natural colonization because,based on our results, playback of conspecific vocalizations may not attract the species to new breeding areas.However, additional studies are needed before drawing conclusions about the effectiveness of conspecificattraction for this and other resident species of birds
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