Food-niche differentiation in sympatric species of kingfishers, the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis and the Greater Pied Kingfisher Ceryle lugubris

Kasahara, Satoe; Katoh, Kazuhiro

doi:10.2326/1347-0558-7.2.123

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“…The kingfishers collected from the e-waste recycling site have been used to investigate residues of PBDEs and other brominated flame retardants (BFRs) (Mo et al, 2012). Common kingfisher fed mostly (w99%) on small fish species with average length of 2.3 cm (up to 12.5 cm) (Kasahara and Katoh, 2008). The prey fish species were also collected near the location where the kingfishers captured, by a stretched-mesh, bottom-set gillnet.…”

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“…A more complex diet composition of the previous investigated waterbirds (aquatic invertebrates, small fish, seeds and berries, etc.) compared to the present common kingfishers (w99% are small fish) (Kasahara and Katoh, 2008;Luo et al, 2009a), and the isomer-and species-specific biomagnification potentials of the two DP isomers (Tomy et al, 2007Wu et al, 2010) (t-test, p < 0.001). Furthermore, the estimated f anti values in the kingfishers were significantly correlated to logarithm of P DP concentrations in their bodies (r 2 ¼ 0.41, p < 0.0001; Fig.…”

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Dechlorane Plus flame retardant in kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) from an electronic waste recycling site and a reference site, South China: Influence of residue levels on the isomeric composition

Luo

et al. 2013

Environmental Pollution

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Section: Relationship Between the F Anti Values And Dp Residue Levelsmentioning

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Dechlorane Plus flame retardant in kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) from an electronic waste recycling site and a reference site, South China: Influence of residue levels on the isomeric composition

Luo

et al. 2013

Environmental Pollution

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“…Maximum diving depth of kingfishers is approximately 30 cm (Whitfield and Blaber, 1978) and higher depths are unsuitable for their fishing. Supporting this, Kasahara and Katoh (2008) observed that Greater Pied Kingfishers Ceryle lugubris (Temminck) used perches at a higher height and fished in deeper waters than Common Kingfishers. Oxygen had higher concentrations in those river zones where breeding pairs were found, with this likely to be associated with water quality and the availability of food.…”

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Habitat selection by breeding Common Kingfishers (Alcedo atthisL.) in rivers from Northern Iberia

Vilches

Miranda

Arizaga

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Ann. Limnol. - Int. J. Lim.

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-The relative importance of biotic and abiotic variables on the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis breeding distribution in northern Iberian rivers was quantified through surveys completed in 2007. Eight rivers were surveyed for "positive" and "negative" (control) breeding territories (PBT and NBT, respectively). PBT (N = 9) were 3-km river sections with breeding pairs; NBT (N = 8) were 3-km river sections close to PBT, where no pairs were found, with apparently similar features to the PBT and one or more cut banks suitable for nesting. Stepwise discriminant analysis (SDA) correctly classified 94.1% of territories and revealed PBT was associated with higher oxygen concentrations, a lower maximum depth and lower proportion of rockfills. Causes and consequences of these findings are discussed.

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“…herbivores and their the same resource and thus to coexist (Inouye, 1978;Peck, 1989;Kasahara & Katoh, 2008). Many species of consumers (e.g.…”

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Spatial and temporal diversity in hyperparasitoid communities of Cotesia glomerata on garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata

Heinen

Harvey

2018

Ecological Entomology

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1. Interactions between two trophic levels can be very intimate, often making species dependent on each other, something that increases with specialisation. Some specialised multivoltine herbivores may depend on multiple plant species for their survival over the course of a growing season, especially if their food plants are short-lived and grow at different times. Later generations may exploit different plant species from those exploited by previous generations.2. Multivoltine parasitoids as well as their natural enemies must also find their hosts on different food plants in different habitats across the season. Secondary hyperparasitoid communities have been studied on cocoons of the primary parasitoid, Cotesia glomerata (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), on black mustard (Brassica nigra) -a major food plant of its host, the large cabbage white (Pieris brassicae) -which grows in mid-summer.3. Here, hyperparasitoid communities on C. glomerata pupal clusters were studied on an early-season host, garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata, over 'time' (one season, April-July) in six closely located 'populations' (c. 2 km apart), and within two different 'areas' at greater separation (c. 100 km apart). At the plant level, spatial effects of pupal 'location' (canopy or bottom) on the plant were tested.4. Although large-scale separation (area) did not influence hyperparasitism, sampling time and small-scale separation (population) affected hyperparasitism levels and composition of hyperparasitoid communities. Location on the plant strongly increased proportions of winged species in the canopy and proportions of wingless species in bottom-located pupae.5. These results show that hyperparasitism varies considerably at the local level, but that differences in hyperparasitoid communities do not increase with spatial distance.

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Food-niche differentiation in sympatric species of kingfishers, the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis and the Greater Pied Kingfisher Ceryle lugubris

Cited by 18 publications

References 21 publications

Dechlorane Plus flame retardant in kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) from an electronic waste recycling site and a reference site, South China: Influence of residue levels on the isomeric composition

Dechlorane Plus flame retardant in kingfishers (Alcedo atthis) from an electronic waste recycling site and a reference site, South China: Influence of residue levels on the isomeric composition

Habitat selection by breeding Common Kingfishers (Alcedo atthisL.) in rivers from Northern Iberia

Spatial and temporal diversity in hyperparasitoid communities of Cotesia glomerata on garlic mustard, Alliaria petiolata

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