Movements and use of space by Mangrove Cuckoos ( Coccyzus minor ) in Florida, USA

PeerJ

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John David Lloyd¹ 

[1] Vermont Center for Ecostudies;Ecostudies Institute

关键词: Mangrove Cuckoo;    Coccyzus minor;    Movement ecology;    Florida;    Mangrove;    Home range;    Radio-telemetry;    Conservation;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.3534

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

I used radio-telemetry to track the movements of Mangrove Cuckoos (Coccyzus minor1 km from their location on the previous day. Site fidelity by individual birds was low; although Mangrove Cuckoos were present year-round within the study area, I did not observe any individuals that remained on a single home range throughout the year. Although individual birds showed no evidence of avoiding anthropogenic edges, they did not incorporate developed areas into their daily movements and home ranges consisted almost entirely of mangrove forest. The persistence of the species in the study area depended on a network of conserved lands–mostly public, but some privately conserved land as well–because large patches of mangrove forest did not occur on tracts left unprotected from development.

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