Use of natural and anthropogenic land cover by wintering Yellow Warblers: The influence of sex and breeding origin

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关键词: Nearctic–Neotropical migrant;    wintering ecology;    agriculture;    stable isotopes;    deuterium;    Yellow Warbler;    Setophaga petechia;   

DOI  :  10.1650/CONDOR-17-180.1

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Central Ornithology Publication Office

【 摘 要 】

ABSTRACT Sex, age, body size, and breeding origin can influence the nonbreeding distribution of long-distance migratory birds. At continental scales, differential migration can lead to segregation of various classes or populations among different regions. At local scales, class segregation can occur among habitats of differing qualities, often due to dominance interactions related to sex, age, and body size. Conversion of natural habitats to agriculture in the Neotropics is leading to more birds wintering in modified landscapes. We examined how sex, age, size, and breeding origin influenced the use of 3 land cover types (riparian gallery forest, coastal lagoon vegetation, and agriculture) by wintering migratory Yellow Warblers (Setophaga petechia) in western Mexico. Between 2012 and 2014, we used point counts in 6 study sites to estimate Yellow Warbler densities, and we captured, sexed, and aged 205 birds to characterize individuals using each land cover type. Breeding origin was inferred using stable hyd...

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