Climate and Dispersal: Black-Winged Stilts Disperse Further in Dry Springs
Climate affects the abundance and distribution of many species of wildlife. Nevertheless, the potential effects of climate on dispersive behaviour remain unstudied. Here, I combine data from (i) a long-term Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) monitoring program, (ii) a capture-recapture marki...
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ftcsic:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/3382 2024-02-11T10:06:28+01:00 Climate and Dispersal: Black-Winged Stilts Disperse Further in Dry Springs Figuerola, Jordi 2007-06-20 85524 bytes application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3382 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000539 en eng Public Library of Science Publisher’s version PLoS ONE. 2007; 2(6): e539 1932-6203 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3382 doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0000539 17579713 open artículo http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 2007 ftcsic https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0000539 2024-01-16T09:19:05Z Climate affects the abundance and distribution of many species of wildlife. Nevertheless, the potential effects of climate on dispersive behaviour remain unstudied. Here, I combine data from (i) a long-term Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) monitoring program, (ii) a capture-recapture marking program in Doñana, and (iii) reports from the Rare Birds Committee in the United Kingdom to analyse at different geographical scales the relationship between climate, survival, philopatry, and dispersive behaviour. Black-winged Stilt populations varied in size in consonance with changes in both the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and local rainfall during the breeding season. Changes in population size are related to changes in philopatry and increases in dispersal beyond the traditional range of the species. The results indicate that climatic conditions influence the dispersive behaviour of individual birds, explaining rapid changes in the local population of this species breeding in unstable Mediterranean wetlands. The Junta de Andalucía funded this study via the project contract ‘Las aves acuáticas de Don˜ ana y el cultivo del arroz: la interacción entre la agricultura y la conservación de las zonas húmedas’. The Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology provides support for my research with a Ramón y Cajal contract for young researchers. Peer reviewed Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic North Atlantic oscillation Digital.CSIC (Spanish National Research Council) PLoS ONE 2 6 e539 |
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Climate affects the abundance and distribution of many species of wildlife. Nevertheless, the potential effects of climate on dispersive behaviour remain unstudied. Here, I combine data from (i) a long-term Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) monitoring program, (ii) a capture-recapture marking program in Doñana, and (iii) reports from the Rare Birds Committee in the United Kingdom to analyse at different geographical scales the relationship between climate, survival, philopatry, and dispersive behaviour. Black-winged Stilt populations varied in size in consonance with changes in both the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) and local rainfall during the breeding season. Changes in population size are related to changes in philopatry and increases in dispersal beyond the traditional range of the species. The results indicate that climatic conditions influence the dispersive behaviour of individual birds, explaining rapid changes in the local population of this species breeding in unstable Mediterranean wetlands. The Junta de Andalucía funded this study via the project contract ‘Las aves acuáticas de Don˜ ana y el cultivo del arroz: la interacción entre la agricultura y la conservación de las zonas húmedas’. The Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology provides support for my research with a Ramón y Cajal contract for young researchers. Peer reviewed |
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Climate and Dispersal: Black-Winged Stilts Disperse Further in Dry Springs |
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