Factors influencing expanded use of urban marine habitats by foraging wading birds

McKinney, Richard A.; Raposa, Kenneth B.

doi:10.1007/s11252-012-0274-z

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“…Wildlife adapt to urban areas in a variety of ways, e.g. by adjusting their foraging, anti-predator behaviour, breeding behaviour and taking advantage of the climate associated with urban areas [12] , [13] , [14] , [15] . With increased urbanisation of wildlife populations comes increased contact with humans and attendant increases in opportunity for conflict, including amenity impacts such as noise, smell and vegetation damage [16] , hazards such as vehicle collision or attacks on pets [17] , [18] , and risk of disease transmission [6] , [7] .…”

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Are Flying-Foxes Coming to Town? Urbanisation of the Spectacled Flying-Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) in Australia

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Urbanisation of wildlife populations is a process with significant conservation and management implications. While urban areas can provide habitat for wildlife, some urbanised species eventually come into conflict with humans. Understanding the process and drivers of wildlife urbanisation is fundamental to developing effective management responses to this phenomenon. In Australia, flying-foxes (Pteropodidae) are a common feature of urban environments, sometimes roosting in groups of tens of thousands of individuals. Flying-foxes appear to be becoming increasingly urbanised and are coming into increased contact and conflict with humans. Flying-fox management is now a highly contentious issue. In this study we used monitoring data collected over a 15 year period (1998–2012) to examine the spatial and temporal patterns of association of spectacled flying-fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) roost sites (camps) with urban areas. We asked whether spectacled flying-foxes are becoming more urbanised and test the hypothesis that such changes are associated with anthropogenic changes to landscape structure. Our results indicate that spectacled flying-foxes were more likely to roost near humans than might be expected by chance, that over the period of the study the proportion of the flying-foxes in urban-associated camps increased, as did the number of urban camps. Increased urbanisation of spectacled flying-foxes was not related to changes in landscape structure or to the encroachment of urban areas on camps. Overall, camps tended to be found in areas that were more fragmented, closer to human habitation and with more urban land cover than the surrounding landscape. This suggests that urbanisation is a behavioural response rather than driven by habitat loss.

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Are Flying-Foxes Coming to Town? Urbanisation of the Spectacled Flying-Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) in Australia

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“…(Raposa and Talley 2012). Although not generally economically valuable themselves, these highly abundant species serve as an important food source for many economically valuable and charismatic predators such as Bluefish Pomatomus saltatrix, Striped Bass Morone saxatilis, and wading birds (i.e., herons and egrets [Ardeidae]; Friedland et al 1988;Nelson et al 2003;McKinney and Raposa 2013).…”

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Comparison of Bottomless Lift Nets and Breder Traps for Sampling Salt‐Marsh Nekton

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Chintala

2015

Trans Am Fish Soc

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Vegetated salt-marsh surfaces provide refuge, forage, and spawning habitat for estuarine nekton, yet are threatened by accelerating rates of sea-level rise in southern New England and elsewhere. Nekton responses to ongoing marsh surface changes need to be evaluated with effective and quantitative nekton sampling gear. The goal of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of different gear for monitoring nekton in emergent salt-marsh vegetation by comparing nekton parameters between Breder traps and bottomless lift nets and between Breder traps made from different materials. Breder traps collected a significantly different nekton community, fewer species, and larger-sized Mummichogs Fundulus heteroclitus than did lift nets. Nekton community composition, richness, and the size of green crabs Carcinus maenas also differed significantly between Breder traps constructed from acrylic and wire mesh. These results show that it is not appropriate to directly compare nekton data between Breder traps and lift nets, nor between Breder traps made from different materials. Our lift-net data correspond well to other data collected with enclosure traps in southern New England. We recommend lift nets or similar enclosure traps for sampling nekton in emergent marsh vegetation and caution against using Breder traps in monitoring and assessment programs.

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The Role of Landscape-Scale Factors in Shaping Urban Bird Communities

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Shochat

2017

Ecology and Conservation of Birds in Urban Environments

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Factors influencing expanded use of urban marine habitats by foraging wading birds

Cited by 7 publications

References 68 publications

Are Flying-Foxes Coming to Town? Urbanisation of the Spectacled Flying-Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) in Australia

Are Flying-Foxes Coming to Town? Urbanisation of the Spectacled Flying-Fox (Pteropus conspicillatus) in Australia

Comparison of Bottomless Lift Nets and Breder Traps for Sampling Salt‐Marsh Nekton

The Role of Landscape-Scale Factors in Shaping Urban Bird Communities

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