Factors Affecting White-Winged, White-Tipped, and Mourning Dove Reproduction in Lower Rio Grande Valley

Hayslette, Steven E.; Tacha, Thomas C.; Waggerman, Gary L.

doi:10.2307/3803001

Cited by 14 publications

(9 citation statements)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Canopy cover appears to be the most significant environmental variable characterising Grenada Dove territories, and this supports the findings of previous work (Blockstein 1988, Rivera Lugo 2005). Canopy cover was also identified as the most significant habitat determinant in the congeneric White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi in Texas (Hayslette et al 2000). Grenada Doves are rarely seen crossing gaps in the canopy in flight, preferring to walk (Rusk 2008a), and when alarmed they will fly to the ground and flee on foot (B. L. Rusk pers.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Population constraints on the Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi: preliminary findings and proposals from south-west Grenada

Bolton

Oosterhout

Collar

et al. 2015

Bird Conservation International

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

SummaryThe Critically Endangered Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi has a very small total population size (< 190 individuals) and faces multiple threats. Over eight weeks in 2012 at the Mount Hartman Estate, we investigated the dove’s habitat selection, established a mongoose index of occupancy and recorded dove use of water sources to help determine key research and conservation needs. Of 12 habitat variables measured, greater levels of canopy cover were the best predictor of dove presence. Tracking tunnels indicated that introduced small Indian mongooses Herpestes auropunctatus, widely known for negatively impacting Caribbean bird populations, have a high level of occupancy in dove habitat, providing baseline mongoose data. Trail cameras revealed that Grenada Doves make good use of water from man-made wells and mongooses scent-mark tunnels. We urge fuller habitat selection studies and water-provision experiments to validate this evidence; strong and immediate control of mongooses and other potential predators, particularly at the nest; and a census backed by a banding programme to establish a monitoring baseline to guide conservation actions.

show abstract

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Population constraints on the Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi: preliminary findings and proposals from south-west Grenada

Bolton

Oosterhout

Collar

et al. 2015

Bird Conservation International

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…The 12 currently accepted subspecies (sensu Giese et al 2020) occur over a broad distribution, ranging from Argentina to the southern USA (Gibbs et al 2001, Giese et al 2020). In the north of this range, especially Texas, its breeding biology is probably best known (Rowley 1962, Boydston & DeYoung 1987, Hayslette et al 2000, Hall et al 2018, Giese et al 2020). However, robust data are also available for Central America (Stone 1918, Belcher & Smooker 1936, Dickey & van Rossem 1938, Skutch 1964 1981, Wetmore 1968, Bulgarella & Heimpel 2015 and South America (Allen 1905, Osgood & Conover 1922, Hellebrekers 1942, Haverschmidt 1972, Ingels 1976, Zapata 1977, Fraga 1983, Haverschmidt & Mees 1994, Azpiroz 2001, Di Giacomo 2005, Knowlton 2010, Hayes 2014, de la Peña 2019).…”

Section: White-tipped Dove Leptotila Verreauximentioning

confidence: 99%

Full Issue

2023

Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The meeting was recorded and a video of the event is available online at https://youtu.be/KU7MPekp41c and also via the Club website https:// boc-online.org.Dr Richard Sales, renowned for his wide-ranging research and publications on raptors, notably British falcons, and Steve Watson, who has been conducting a decades-long field study on the Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus in Gloucestershire, jointly presented a very well-illustrated talk entitled The Peregrine Falcon, based on their groundbreaking recent book of the same name. Richard's area of special research interest, namely the interaction between anatomy and behaviour underlying the Peregrine's flight characteristics and prey capture, synergistically complemented the broader focus by Steve on ecology and population characteristics, resulting in a particularly comprehensive overview. Broader discussion of the wide range and complex taxonomy (approaching 20 subspecies according to most authorities) of the species was not neglected, and the authors' detailed research included fascinating novel nuggets of information, including that the Peregrine's visual acuity is likely to be even greater than generally understood.The 1009th meeting of the Club was held in conjunction with the Linnean Society of London at Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BF, on Monday 6 November 2023 when Dr Will Smith spoke on Rock Doves and the process of 'extinction by hybridisation'. A detailed account of this meeting will be included in the March 2024 issue of the Bulletin.

show abstract

“…We made subsequent visits to each active nest every 5–7 days until the nest failed or young successfully fledged. Following Hayslette et al (2000), we considered a nestling that survived for 10 days fledged and if the nestling was missing at ≥3 days old, we considered it fledged, except where there appeared to be significant disturbance to the nest or the nest itself was gone. In those cases, we recorded the nest as a failure and the nestling dead.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Breeding Ecology of a Columbid Community Occurring in South Texas With Focus on Eurasian Collared-Doves (Streptopelia Decaocto)

Ludwick

Fedynich

Fitzsimmons

2023

The Southwestern Naturalist

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The Eurasian collared-dove (Streptopelia decaocto) has expanded its range into South Texas, bringing it into contact with native columbid species. We studied urban columbid breeding ecology at three study sites, representing five South Texas towns, in 2006 and 2007. Columbids began nesting in April and peaked in late spring, followed by a secondary nesting peak. A positive relationship occurred between nesting vegetation type and mean nest density of each columbid species but was inconsistent within and among study sites. Eurasian collared-doves also utilized human-constructed structures for nesting sites. Columbids were nonselective in choosing nest placement within trees except for Eurasian collared-doves nesting in Rio Grande ash (Fraxinus berlanderiana). White-winged doves (Zenaida asiatica) and Eurasian collared-doves tended to nest higher in trees than mourning doves (Zenaida macroura) or Inca doves (Columbina inca) where all four species co-occurred. Eurasian collared-dove, Inca dove, mourning dove, and white-winged dove productivity was 1.3 ± 0.1 (SE) fledged young/nest, 1.3 ± 0.2, 0.9 ± 0.1, and 1.1 ± <0.1, respectively. Overall, urban nesting columbids used a generalist habitat and nest site association strategy, which negated interspecific competition for available nest sites. We provide some of the first information on nesting ecology and productivity of the Eurasian collared-dove associated with native columbid species within North America.

show abstract

Factors Affecting White-Winged, White-Tipped, and Mourning Dove Reproduction in Lower Rio Grande Valley

Cited by 14 publications

References 0 publications

Population constraints on the Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi: preliminary findings and proposals from south-west Grenada

Population constraints on the Grenada Dove Leptotila wellsi: preliminary findings and proposals from south-west Grenada

Full Issue

Breeding Ecology of a Columbid Community Occurring in South Texas With Focus on Eurasian Collared-Doves (Streptopelia Decaocto)

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About