Influence of lakeshore development on breeding bird communities in a mixed northern forest

Lindsay, Alec R.; Gillum, Sandra S.; Meyer, Michael W.

doi:10.1016/s0006-3207(01)00260-9

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“…In the last decade, many studies have focused on the abundance and distribution of wildlife, particularly avifauna, in urban habitats (Blair 1996;Clergeau et al 1998;Sauvajot et al 1998;Rottenborn 1999;Jokimäki and Huhta 2000;Nelson and Nelson 2001;Lindsay et al 2002;Melles et al 2003;Crooks et al 2004;Traut and Hostetler 2004;Donnelly and Marzluff 2006;Forrest and St. Clair 2006;reviewed in Chace and Walsh 2006). In contrast, comparatively few studies have examined behavioural associations with developed habitat (Gill et al 1996;Blumstein et al 2003;Beale and Monaghan 2004;reviewed in Frid and Dill 2002).…”

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Assessing the effect of developed habitat on waterbird behaviour in an urban riparian system in Ottawa, Canada

2007

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Waterbird species were used to assess the consequences of developed habitat on wildlife behaviour in an urban riparian system along the Rideau River in Ottawa, Canada. Fourteen developed sites and 14 undeveloped sites were surveyed from October 2004 to February 2005. Each site was approached on foot and the first observed behaviour (i.e., fleeing, foraging, resting or swimming) of each individual was recorded. A total of 10,604 behavioural observations were made across 12 taxa. Overall, the fleeing behaviour was observed more often at undeveloped sites. Foraging, resting and swimming behaviours were observed more often at developed sites. We found that seven species fled more often at undeveloped sites, including hooded merganser. This species was also more abundant at undeveloped sites, suggesting that hooded merganser may be more sensitive to anthropogenic disturbance in urban environments than other species that are habituated toward humans. For sensitive species, undeveloped shoreline may serve as a refuge from human disturbance in urban ecosystems.

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Assessing the effect of developed habitat on waterbird behaviour in an urban riparian system in Ottawa, Canada

2007

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“…Fortunately a variety of actions are available to property owners to mitigate the impact of development, such as selectively planting native vegetation or allowing remnant natural vegetation to grow in the near-shore zone * Corresponding author: amato@wisc.edu of their property and the littoral zone along it. The benefits of more natural shorelines may include increased plant diversity (Elias and Meyer 2003), reduced algae (Rosenberger et al 2008), higher numbers of animals such as frogs and native birds (Lindsay et al 2002, Woodford and Meyer 2003, Henning and Remsburg 2009, as well as larger and more abundant fish populations (Radomski andGoeman 2001, Helmus andSass 2008).…”

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The challenge of self-enhancement bias for educational programs designed to encourage natural shorelines

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“…Human land-use within the lake riparian zone has been linked with direct riparian, shoreline and littoral habitat modification (Jennings et al, 2003;Marburg et al, 2006) as well as impacts on various species groups from amphibians to birds to fish (Lindsay et al, 2002;Woodford & Meyer, 2003;Sass et al, 2006). The link between riparian actions and species that utilize this terrestrial-aquatic interface is clear and lake managers have taken notice by beginning to survey habitat and restore shorelines.…”

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The relative significance of environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting zooplankton community structure in Southeast Wisconsin Till Plain lakes

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Zooplankton community composition can be related to natural environmental factors such as lake morphology, lake landscape position, and water chemistry as well as anthropogenic factors such as agricultural and urban land-use. We hypothesized that within-lake factors, such as water chemistry, lake morphology, and human land-use would each be related to zooplankton community structure, but that watershed land-use would be the strongest correlate in southeast Wisconsin lakes. Zooplankton samples, collected every 3 months over a year, from 29 lakes were used to determine how lake and watershed morphology, water quality, and land-use were related to zooplankton community structure in the heavily developed Southeast Wisconsin Till Plain Ecoregion. Forward selection and a variation partitioning procedure were used to determine relative and shared contributions of each suite of variables in predicting zooplankton community structure. Redundancy analysis was used to characterize dominant gradients in pelagic zooplankton communities and related environmental factors and land-use. The major correlates of community structure included summer phosphorus, lake depth and surface area and urban and natural land. Variation partitioning illustrated that phosphorus alone accounts for the greatest part (12%) of community structure. Urban land-uses (residential, commercial and paved land) and lake morphology partially explain zooplankton community variation through combined effects with phosphorus. Small cladocerans and Skistodiaptomus pallidus were associated with higher phosphorus, shallow depth and higher urban land-use, while Daphnia pulicaria dominates in deep lakes with lower phosphorus and less urban land-use. This study contributes to the understanding of factors affecting zooplankton community structure in a largely human developed region and illustrates the importance of eutrophication in structuring zooplankton community composition.

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Influence of lakeshore development on breeding bird communities in a mixed northern forest

Cited by 47 publications

References 35 publications

Assessing the effect of developed habitat on waterbird behaviour in an urban riparian system in Ottawa, Canada

Assessing the effect of developed habitat on waterbird behaviour in an urban riparian system in Ottawa, Canada

The challenge of self-enhancement bias for educational programs designed to encourage natural shorelines

The relative significance of environmental and anthropogenic factors affecting zooplankton community structure in Southeast Wisconsin Till Plain lakes

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