Genetic variability, body characteristics and reproductive parameters of neighbouring rural and urban common kestrel (<i>Falco tinnuculus</i>) populations

Riegert, Jan; Fainová, Drahomíra; Bystřická, Dagmar

doi:10.1007/s10144-009-0168-y

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“…There were negative responses to urbanisation from Barn Owls, Eagle Owls, Eurasian Kestrels and Long-legged Buzzards with respect to urban-gradients (Bionda and Brambilla 2012;Dermerdzhiev et al 2014: Hindmarch . Although, in other urban-gradient studies, there appeared to be no effect of urbanisation on the number of young to fledge in Barn Owls and Eurasian Kestrels (Riegert et al 2010;Frey et al 2011).…”

Section: Number Of Young To Fledgementioning

confidence: 70%

“…2; Salvati 2002; Kübler et al 2005;Carrillo and González-Dávila 2009;Costantini et al 2014) and were also negatively affected by urban cover in an urban gradient study in Austria (Sumasgutner et al 2014b). Conversely, another urban gradient study on Eurasian Kestrels in the Czech Republic showed no apparent effect of urbanisation (Riegert et al 2010), a finding also shown in Barn Owls (Frey et al 2011;Hindmarch et al 2014).…”

Section: Clutch Sizementioning

confidence: 86%

“…Long-legged Buzzards (B. rufinus) and Eurasian Kestrels also showed negative responses to urbanisation, producing fewer eggs with increasing amounts of urban cover (Dermerdzhiev et al 2014;Sumasgutner et al 2014b). In another urban-gradient study on Eurasian Kestrels, and in Barn Owls, there was no apparent effect of urban cover (Riegert et al 2010;Frey et al 2011). …”

Section: Brood Sizementioning

confidence: 94%

“…Urban-gradient studies ( Table 3) included those that used different urban zones depending on the amount of urban land cover (e.g. Millsap and Bear 2000;Riegert et al 2010;Sumasgutner et al 2014a) and the percentage of urban land cover within a certain radius of nests (e.g. Frey et al 2011;Bionda and Brambilla 2012;Hindmarch et al 2014).…”

Section: Breeding Parametersmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The breeding performance of raptors in urban landscapes: a review and meta-analysis

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Global urbanisation is rapidly increasing and can have profound impacts on wild flora and fauna. For many species, the impacts are detrimental and irreversible, whereas others are able to colonise and apparently thrive in these novel, human-made environments. Raptors are particularly susceptible to changes in the environment due to their position at the end of the food chain, yet some species are increasingly associated with towns and cities. To explore the impact of urbanisation on raptors, we reviewed the literature and compared breeding performance in urban and rural populations globally. In general, raptors began breeding earlier and had larger brood sizes in urban compared to rural environments. However, some of these raptors also fledged fewer young in urban habitats, apparently caused largely by a lack of prey and, in some cases, increased human disturbance. As such, urban environments may act as ecological traps for some raptor species. Species differed in their response to urbanisation. In particular, specialist bird predators such as Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) had a higher breeding performance (clutch size, brood size, number to fledge and nest success) and showed a positive response to urbanisation compared to those that predate on small mammals, such as Eurasian Kestrels (F. tinnunculus), which showed a negative response. This suggests that prey availability is one of the most important determinants of the success of urban-nesting raptors. We demonstrate a need for continued research into the breeding performance of raptors that live in urban environments, and stress the importance of focusing on the reasons for any differences in breeding performance between urban and non-urban environments in order to aid conservation and management efforts for this iconic bird group.

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Section: Number Of Young To Fledgementioning

confidence: 70%

Section: Clutch Sizementioning

confidence: 86%

Section: Brood Sizementioning

confidence: 94%

Section: Breeding Parametersmentioning

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“…artificial stick nests, nest boxes) attached to tree trunks, fences, walls, utility poles, or posts. This is also the case for secondary cavity-nesting members of the Falconiformes and Strigiformes orders (Village 1983;Korpimäki 1984;Toland and Elder 1987;Schö nn et al 1991;Bortolotti 1994;Doody 1994;Gehlbach 1994a, b;Pomarol 1996;Valkama and Korpimäki 1999;Sullivan et al 2003;Franco et al 2005;Beasley and Parrish 2009;Steenhof and Peterson 2009;Charter et al 2007;van Nieuwenhuyse et al 2008;Costantini et al 2009;Ló pez et al 2010;Riegert et al 2010). Nest boxes are artificial cavities that have been designed to attract secondary cavity-nesters for roosting or breeding.…”

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Nest box design for the study of diurnal raptors and owls is still an overlooked point in ecological, evolutionary and conservation studies: a review

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The use of artificial nest boxes has led to significant progress in bird conservation and in our understanding of the functional and evolutionary ecology of free-ranging birds that exploit cavities for roosting and reproduction. Nest boxes and their improved accessibility have made it easier to perform comparative and as the extent to which publications on these birds describe the characteristics of exploited artificial nest boxes in their ''Methods'' sections. More than 60% of recent publications did not provide any details on nest box design (e.g. size, shape, material), despite several calls [15 years ago to increase the reporting of such information. We exemplify and discuss how variation in nest box characteristics can affect or confound conclusions from nest box studies and conclude that it is of overall importance to present details of nest box characteristics in scientific publications.

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Living in the concrete jungle: a review and socio-ecological perspective of urban raptor habitat quality in Europe

2021

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Raptors can be important components of urban ecosystems due to their role as apex predators, the presence of which may bring benefits to people. Urban environments may provide good quality habitats, and the raptors’ ability to utilize resources found here can contribute to their success. However, urban environments are socio-ecological systems and such mechanisms shaping habitats and ecological resources therein are less understood. This paper explores how raptors utilize urban resources, and the socio-ecological processes influencing their quality and availability. It begins with a systematic mapping of the literature to summarize the utility of urban resources by raptors with European distributions. Eighteen species were documented in the literature successfully exploiting novel hunting and/or nesting opportunities in both green and built-up locations of urban areas. We discuss how these may be consequential of human activities, some of which intentionally provided as subsidies, and how their utility by raptors create opportunities for human-raptor interactions further shaping public perception and decisions which potentially affect the raptors. Finally, we demonstrate these concepts by drawing on our experience from an urban peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) conservation site in London, UK. The paper concludes with a call for urban raptor conservation and research to consider social and ecological aspects together, appropriately reflecting urban environments as socio-ecological systems.

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Genetic variability, body characteristics and reproductive parameters of neighbouring rural and urban common kestrel (Falco tinnuculus) populations

Cited by 29 publications

References 15 publications

The breeding performance of raptors in urban landscapes: a review and meta-analysis

The breeding performance of raptors in urban landscapes: a review and meta-analysis

Nest box design for the study of diurnal raptors and owls is still an overlooked point in ecological, evolutionary and conservation studies: a review

Living in the concrete jungle: a review and socio-ecological perspective of urban raptor habitat quality in Europe

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