Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula?

We conducted our study in the Common Tern colony (STH) located on an island in the middle Vistula River course, at the height of the city of Dęblin (km 393–394 of the waterway), in 2017. Our goal was to investigate some aspects of the biology and reproductive ecology of this species. Due to the fact...

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Published in:Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
Main Authors: Dariusz Bukackiński, Monika Bukacińska, Milena Grabowska
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Polish
Published: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego 2018
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2018.16.4.04
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spelling ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:466180b2b527474d9e9833e50e2db72f 2023-05-15T15:56:17+02:00 Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula? Dariusz Bukackiński Monika Bukacińska Milena Grabowska 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2018.16.4.04 https://doaj.org/article/466180b2b527474d9e9833e50e2db72f EN PL eng pol Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego https://czasopisma.uksw.edu.pl/index.php/seb/article/view/6636 https://doaj.org/toc/1733-1218 doi:10.21697/seb.2018.16.4.04 1733-1218 https://doaj.org/article/466180b2b527474d9e9833e50e2db72f Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, Vol 16, Iss 4 (2018) middle Vistula River Common Tern Black-Headed Gull breeding success causes of failures Environmental sciences GE1-350 Ecology QH540-549.5 Philosophy (General) B1-5802 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2018.16.4.04 2022-12-30T21:45:26Z We conducted our study in the Common Tern colony (STH) located on an island in the middle Vistula River course, at the height of the city of Dęblin (km 393–394 of the waterway), in 2017. Our goal was to investigate some aspects of the biology and reproductive ecology of this species. Due to the fact that STH breeds both in single-species as well as in two- or multi-species colonies, in associations with Little Terns (Sternula albifrons), Black-Headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) (LAR) and/or Mew Gulls (Larus canus), we wanted to investigate whether the neighborhood of other species (in this case LAR) affected hatching success and chick survival in STH. Our results clearly show that the presence of breeding terns in the neighborhood of the LAR colony was not accidental and/or caused by the lack of space on the island and/or the possibility of nesting elsewhere. The height of nesting site, type of nesting habitat, clutch size, mean egg volume and mean egg mass of these STH pairs did not differ significantly from those that formed a single species colony, on the same island but several hundred meters away. However, STH nests in the neighborhood of the LAR colony were established much earlier and both the hatching success and chick survival of STH during the early-chick stage were twice as high. Thus, we can conclude that the LAR colony could provide an effective protection against predation of crows, magpies and gulls, dangers which accounted for the vast majority of STH nest failures in the year of our study. Article in Journal/Newspaper Common tern Larus canus Sterna hirundo Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae 16 4 43 50
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topic middle Vistula River
Common Tern
Black-Headed Gull
breeding success
causes of failures
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
spellingShingle middle Vistula River
Common Tern
Black-Headed Gull
breeding success
causes of failures
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
Dariusz Bukackiński
Monika Bukacińska
Milena Grabowska
Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula?
topic_facet middle Vistula River
Common Tern
Black-Headed Gull
breeding success
causes of failures
Environmental sciences
GE1-350
Ecology
QH540-549.5
Philosophy (General)
B1-5802
description We conducted our study in the Common Tern colony (STH) located on an island in the middle Vistula River course, at the height of the city of Dęblin (km 393–394 of the waterway), in 2017. Our goal was to investigate some aspects of the biology and reproductive ecology of this species. Due to the fact that STH breeds both in single-species as well as in two- or multi-species colonies, in associations with Little Terns (Sternula albifrons), Black-Headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) (LAR) and/or Mew Gulls (Larus canus), we wanted to investigate whether the neighborhood of other species (in this case LAR) affected hatching success and chick survival in STH. Our results clearly show that the presence of breeding terns in the neighborhood of the LAR colony was not accidental and/or caused by the lack of space on the island and/or the possibility of nesting elsewhere. The height of nesting site, type of nesting habitat, clutch size, mean egg volume and mean egg mass of these STH pairs did not differ significantly from those that formed a single species colony, on the same island but several hundred meters away. However, STH nests in the neighborhood of the LAR colony were established much earlier and both the hatching success and chick survival of STH during the early-chick stage were twice as high. Thus, we can conclude that the LAR colony could provide an effective protection against predation of crows, magpies and gulls, dangers which accounted for the vast majority of STH nest failures in the year of our study.
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author Dariusz Bukackiński
Monika Bukacińska
Milena Grabowska
author_facet Dariusz Bukackiński
Monika Bukacińska
Milena Grabowska
author_sort Dariusz Bukackiński
title Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula?
title_short Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula?
title_full Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula?
title_fullStr Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula?
title_full_unstemmed Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistula?
title_sort does the vicinity of the black-headed gull colony (chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the common tern (sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle vistula?
publisher Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Kardynała Stefana Wyszyńskiego
publishDate 2018
url https://doi.org/10.21697/seb.2018.16.4.04
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genre Common tern
Larus canus
Sterna hirundo
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
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Larus canus
Sterna hirundo
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
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