Dotterel (Charadrius morinellus) Science Article 2 abstract The behaviour of a polyandrous female Dotterel was studied in 1970 at Varriotunturi, eastern Finnish Lapland (67degree 44’N, 29degree 37’E). Five days after the completion of her first clutch, a second one was started in which both parents shared the incubation duties. However, during the first week the […]
AGE, SEX AND SEASON RELATED BIOMETRICSOF THE DEAD SEA SPARROW PASSER MOABITICUS
Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus) Science Article 2 abstract Age, sex and season related biometrics of the Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus Aims: Analyse age and sex related dynamics and biometric differences in Dead Sea Sparrows Passer moabiticus. Location: Eilat, Israel. Reuven YOSEF et al., Ardeola 51(2), 2004, 297-302 Download article download full text (pdf)
INCUBATION BEHAVIOR OF THE DEAD SEA SPARROW
Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus) Science Article 3 abstract The importance of precise regulation of egg temperature during incubation was demonstrated by Lundy ( 1969) in studies of the domestic fowl, in which no embryo survived continuous incubation above 40.5C or below 35C. Y. YOM-TOV et al., Condor, 80:340-343 Download article download full text (pdf)
Breeding Study of the Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus in the Mond Protected Area, Bushehr, Persian Gulf
Dead Sea Sparrow (Passer moabiticus) Science Article 1 abstract The Dead Sea Sparrow Passer moabiticus has a restricted distribution in western Asia andsoutheastern Europe in Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Cyprus (now extinct, C. Richardson unpubl.data), Syria, Israel, Jordan, and western Afghanistan MAHDI JAMADI & KHOSRO DARVISHI, Podoces, 2008, 3(1/2): 97-131 Download article download full text (pdf)
Habitat type determines the effects of disturbance on the breeding productivity of the Dartford Warbler Sylvia undata
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) Science Article 1 abstract Numerous studies have examined the causes and impacts of human disturbance on birds, but little is known about how these impacts vary among habitats. This is of applied importance both for predicting bird responses to changes in disturbance and in planning how to reduce disturbance impacts. The […]
Territory characteristics and coexistence with heterospecificsin the Dartford warbler Sylvia undata acrossa habitat gradient
Dartford Warbler (Sylvia undata) Science Article 2 abstract The study of successional gradients may help to understand the relative influence of habitat structure and competition on territory characteristics. Here, we evaluate the effects of vegetation cover, conspecific and heterospecific densities Pere Pons et al, Behav Ecol Sociobiol (2008) 62:1217-1228 Download article download full text (pdf)
Measuring potential negative effects of traditionalharvesting practices on waterbirds: a case study withmigrating curlews
Curlew (Numenius arquata) Science Article 2 abstract Because of potential conflicts between commercial and conservation interests, onechallenge in coastal-area management is how to regulate harvesting practices incoastal areas without adversely affecting the survival of migratory waterbirds. Inmost Spanish intertidal areas of importance for shorebirds, managers haveconcentrated only on stock management of the shellfish species. Here, […]
Body-weight changes of egg-laying Curlews Numenius arquata as monitored by an automatic weighing system.
Curlew (Numenius arquata) Science Article 3 abstract The fluctuating body-weight of free living female Curlews during egg-laying is described. Weight data were collected using an automatic weighing system. Nests were placed on top of an electronic balance and the data were processed in a computer placed at a distance. The equipment is commercially available, thus […]
Habitat selection by breeding curlews (Numenius arquata) on farmland: the importance of grassland
Curlew (Numenius arquata) Science Article 1 abstract We examined habitat composition of territories, habitat use during foraging, and nest-site selection in the curlew Numenius arquata in two arable farmland areas in western Finland 1996-1997. Tall vegetation types, especially grassland, occurred more frequently within territories than expected by their availability. Habitat utilisation during foraging was significantly […]
Growth, behaviour of broods and weather-related variation in breeding productivity of Curlew Sandpipers Calidris ferruginea.
Curlew Sandpiper (Calidris ferruginea) Science Article 1 abstract Growth and survival of chicks and movements of broods were studied in Curlew Sandpipers in N.E. Taimyr, Siberia, in 1991. Breeding was synchronised, 73% of 30 clutches hatching during 10-15 July. Nests were distributed clumped in dry frost-heaved tundra. Broods were tended by females only and moved […]