[Trophic activity of &lt;em&gt;Vulpes vulpes&lt;/em&gt; in a wetland: which effects on the reproductive biology of &lt;em&gt;Ardea purpurea&lt;/em&gt;?]

Alessandria, Gianfranco; Carpegna, Franco

doi:10.4081/rio.2019.446

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2020

DOI: 10.4081/rio.2019.446

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[Trophic activity of Vulpes vulpes in a wetland: which effects on the reproductive biology of Ardea purpurea?]

Gianfranco Alessandria¹,

Franco Carpegna²

Abstract: [In an Ardea purpurea colony regularly monitored from 2004 to 2018, some predatory events of Vulpes vulpes have been observed since 2010. This was followed by a reduction in the reproductive success and in the number of breeding pairs. Some herons likely abandoned their nests in the reed bed and moved to nesting on trees. The Authors discuss the possibility that these events were a consequence of the predatory activity of the red fox.] [Article in Italian]

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Drone assessment of habitat selection and breeding success of Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica nesting on low-accessibility sites: a case study

Scarton¹,

Valle²

2021

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The use of drones in the study of waterbird breeding biology has received considerable attention in the last years, but very few studies were made along the Mediterranean. We studied habitat selection and breeding success of the Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica in two colonies inside fish farms along the Italian Adriatic coastline, using a small, commercial drone. Both colonies were located on small islets surrounded by very shallow water and clayey bottoms, thus being difficult to access. Compared with availability, the Gull-billed Terns selected quadrats higher above the water level, with a higher vegetation cover, which lay farther from the water edge, contain less water, and which are more frequently located in the center of the islands. 147 of 178 clutches (mean clutch size ± SD: 2.61 ± 0.58) hatched 383 chicks (82.5%; 2.15 ± 1.09 chicks per nest), with large differences between the two colonies. Hatching success was 95.0% and 69.1%; the most common cause of egg loss was flooding (97.0%). Nest attendance could easily be ascertained by 30-m above ground level drone-derived imagery. The use of a drone allowed the study of some aspects of the breeding biology of the Gull Billed Tern in two breeding sites where the traditional field approach, i.e. researchers reaching the sites by boat, would have been very difficult, causing unavoidable and prolonged disturbance to the nesting adults.

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Drone assessment of habitat selection and breeding success of Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica nesting on low-accessibility sites: a case study

Scarton¹,

Valle²

2021

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[Trophic activity of <em>Vulpes vulpes</em> in a wetland: which effects on the reproductive biology of <em>Ardea purpurea</em>?]

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Drone assessment of habitat selection and breeding success of Gull-billed Tern <em>Gelochelidon nilotica</em> nesting on low-accessibility sites: a case study

Drone assessment of habitat selection and breeding success of Gull-billed Tern <em>Gelochelidon nilotica</em> nesting on low-accessibility sites: a case study

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