How Different Landscape Elements Limit the Breeding Habitat of Meadow Bird Species

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Roland E. van der Vliet²  Jerry van Dijk¹  Martin J. Wassen¹ 

[1] 1 Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands;1 Environmental Sciences, Copernicus Institute, Utrecht University, P.O. Box 80115, 3508 TC Utrecht, The Netherlands 2 present address: Tauw, P.O. Box 3015, 3502 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands

关键词: View Obstruction;   

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学科分类：动物科学

来源: Nederlandse Ornithologische Unie/Netherlands Ornithological Union

【 摘 要 】

MeadowbirdspeciesintheNetherlandshaveshownalong-termdeclineinnumbers.Thishasbeengenerallyattributedtoagriculturalintensification,butinadditionanincreaseofdisturbingelementsmayhaveplayedaroleinthedecline.Inthisreviewwecompileddatafromliteraturetoexploretowhatextentbreedingbymeadowbirds(EurasianOystercatcherHaematopusostralegus,NorthernLapwingVanellusvanellus,Black-tailedGodwitLimosalimosa)islimitedbydisturbinglandscapeelements.Weconsideredelementsthatcanbeconsidered‘view-obstructing’(liketreesorhouses),andthosethatcanbeconsidered‘flat’(canal,roadorrailway).Ourreviewshowsthatbreedingbirdskeepadistancetobothtypesoflandscapeelements,withdistancesrangingover1kmforhighwaysandvillageedges.Roadswithhightrafficintensitycausedthelargestdisturbance.EurasianOystercatcherwasmosttoleranttothepresenceoflandscapeelements,andBlack-tailedGodwitleasttolerant.

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