Habitat use by Female Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in an Agricultural Landscape
Intensive agriculture, as is typical of corn and soybean production, may be responsible for declines in the abundance and diversity of farmland birds. In Quebec, the transition to intensive crops is evidenced by marked increases of corn and soybean fields. From 2008 to 2010, we used satellite teleme...
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ftbioone:10.1525/auk.2013.12150 2024-05-12T08:03:23+00:00 Habitat use by Female Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in an Agricultural Landscape Jean Lapointe Louis Imbeau Junior A. Tremblay Charles Maisonneuve Marc J. Mazerolle Jean Lapointe Louis Imbeau Junior A. Tremblay Charles Maisonneuve Marc J. Mazerolle world 2013-04-01 text/HTML https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2013.12150 en eng American Ornithological Society doi:10.1525/auk.2013.12150 All rights reserved. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2013.12150 Text 2013 ftbioone https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2013.12150 2024-04-16T02:13:36Z Intensive agriculture, as is typical of corn and soybean production, may be responsible for declines in the abundance and diversity of farmland birds. In Quebec, the transition to intensive crops is evidenced by marked increases of corn and soybean fields. From 2008 to 2010, we used satellite telemetry to study use of corn (Zea mays) and soybean (Glycine max) fields, other farmlands, wetlands, urban areas, and other habitats by 10 female Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) of the anatum—tundrius complex, a taxon of “special concern” in Canada. We monitored females during the nesting season, from hatching of eggs to independence of young, but before the young dispersed away from the nest site. Adult females were less likely to use corn and soybean fields than the “other farmlands” and “other habitats” categories during the nestling stage and the first month after young fledged. Once young fledged, other farmlands and urban areas were more likely to be used than the “other habitats” category when females were hunting in the areas that were farthest from the nest. The expansion of corn and soybean fields in the Quebec agricultural landscape has occurred to the detriment of other crops and may contribute to the decline in quality of hunting habitat of Peregrine Falcons and other avian top predators. Text Falco peregrinus BioOne Online Journals Canada The Auk 130 2 381 391 |
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Intensive agriculture, as is typical of corn and soybean production, may be responsible for declines in the abundance and diversity of farmland birds. In Quebec, the transition to intensive crops is evidenced by marked increases of corn and soybean fields. From 2008 to 2010, we used satellite telemetry to study use of corn (Zea mays) and soybean (Glycine max) fields, other farmlands, wetlands, urban areas, and other habitats by 10 female Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) of the anatum—tundrius complex, a taxon of “special concern” in Canada. We monitored females during the nesting season, from hatching of eggs to independence of young, but before the young dispersed away from the nest site. Adult females were less likely to use corn and soybean fields than the “other farmlands” and “other habitats” categories during the nestling stage and the first month after young fledged. Once young fledged, other farmlands and urban areas were more likely to be used than the “other habitats” category when females were hunting in the areas that were farthest from the nest. The expansion of corn and soybean fields in the Quebec agricultural landscape has occurred to the detriment of other crops and may contribute to the decline in quality of hunting habitat of Peregrine Falcons and other avian top predators. |
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