Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland

Afforestation programs such as the one promoted by the EU Common Agrarian Policy have contributed to spread tree plantations on former cropland. Nevertheless these afforestations may cause severe damage to open habitat species, especially birds of high conservation value. We investigated predation o...

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Autores: Sánchez Oliver, Juan Salvador, Rey Benayas, José María|||0000-0002-2099-8512, Carrascal, Luis M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositorio:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/38567
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/38567
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2014.05.001
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Artificial nests
Farmland habitat
Land use types
Magpie abundance
Pine plantations
Medio Ambiente
Environmental science
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spelling Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean croplandSánchez Oliver, Juan SalvadorRey Benayas, José María|||0000-0002-2099-8512Carrascal, Luis M.Artificial nestsFarmland habitatLand use typesMagpie abundancePine plantationsMedio AmbienteEnvironmental scienceAfforestation programs such as the one promoted by the EU Common Agrarian Policy have contributed to spread tree plantations on former cropland. Nevertheless these afforestations may cause severe damage to open habitat species, especially birds of high conservation value. We investigated predation of artificial bird nests at young tree plantations and at the open farmland habitat adjacent to the tree plantations in central Spain. Predation rates were very high at both tree plantations (95.6%) and open farmland habitat (94.2%) after two and three week exposure. Plantation edge/area ratio and development of the tree canopy decreased predation rates and plantation area and magpie (Pica pica) abundance increased predation rates within tree plantations, which were also affected by land use types around plantations. The area of nearby tree plantations (positive effect), distance to the tree plantation edge (negative effect), and habitat type (mainly attributable to the location of nests in vineyards) explained predation rates at open farmland habitat. We conclude that predation rates on artificial nests were particularly high and rapid at or nearby large plantations, with high numbers of magpies and low tree development, and located in homogenous landscapes dominated by herbaceous crops and pastures with no remnants of semi-natural woody vegetation. Landscape planning should not favour tree plantations as the ones studied here in Mediterranean agricultural areas that are highly valuable for ground-nesting bird species.Ministerio de Ciencia y EducaciónComunidad de Madrid20142014-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501NAhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_be7fb7dd8ff6fe43info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/38567https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2014.05.001reponame:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcaláinstname:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)InglésengMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004837 Not available CGL2010-18312 Restauración de la biodiversidad y los servicios ecosistémicos en sistemas agrarios. Un enfoque multi-escalaComunidad de Madrid http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012818 Programa de Actividades de I+D por Grupos de Investigación Consolidados de la Comunidad de Madrid S2009%2FAMB-1783 Restauración y conservación de los ecosistemas madrileños: respuesta frente al cambio globalopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/385672026-06-18T11:13:07Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland
title Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland
spellingShingle Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland
Sánchez Oliver, Juan Salvador
Artificial nests
Farmland habitat
Land use types
Magpie abundance
Pine plantations
Medio Ambiente
Environmental science
title_short Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland
title_full Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland
title_fullStr Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland
title_full_unstemmed Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland
title_sort Local habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean cropland
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Sánchez Oliver, Juan Salvador
Rey Benayas, José María|||0000-0002-2099-8512
Carrascal, Luis M.
author Sánchez Oliver, Juan Salvador
author_facet Sánchez Oliver, Juan Salvador
Rey Benayas, José María|||0000-0002-2099-8512
Carrascal, Luis M.
author_role author
author2 Rey Benayas, José María|||0000-0002-2099-8512
Carrascal, Luis M.
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Artificial nests
Farmland habitat
Land use types
Magpie abundance
Pine plantations
Medio Ambiente
Environmental science
topic Artificial nests
Farmland habitat
Land use types
Magpie abundance
Pine plantations
Medio Ambiente
Environmental science
description Afforestation programs such as the one promoted by the EU Common Agrarian Policy have contributed to spread tree plantations on former cropland. Nevertheless these afforestations may cause severe damage to open habitat species, especially birds of high conservation value. We investigated predation of artificial bird nests at young tree plantations and at the open farmland habitat adjacent to the tree plantations in central Spain. Predation rates were very high at both tree plantations (95.6%) and open farmland habitat (94.2%) after two and three week exposure. Plantation edge/area ratio and development of the tree canopy decreased predation rates and plantation area and magpie (Pica pica) abundance increased predation rates within tree plantations, which were also affected by land use types around plantations. The area of nearby tree plantations (positive effect), distance to the tree plantation edge (negative effect), and habitat type (mainly attributable to the location of nests in vineyards) explained predation rates at open farmland habitat. We conclude that predation rates on artificial nests were particularly high and rapid at or nearby large plantations, with high numbers of magpies and low tree development, and located in homogenous landscapes dominated by herbaceous crops and pastures with no remnants of semi-natural woody vegetation. Landscape planning should not favour tree plantations as the ones studied here in Mediterranean agricultural areas that are highly valuable for ground-nesting bird species.
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Comunidad de Madrid http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012818 Programa de Actividades de I+D por Grupos de Investigación Consolidados de la Comunidad de Madrid S2009%2FAMB-1783 Restauración y conservación de los ecosistemas madrileños: respuesta frente al cambio global
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