Assessing the causes of breeding failure among the rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) during the nestling period
When food becomes scarce, the youngest nestlings in facultatively siblicidal raptor species typically die and such events are usually attributed to siblicide. Here we present results from an investigation in the Arctic tundra, in which rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) breeding success was monito...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fef176a7d72a4fb7a190ab6d3668468a 2023-05-15T14:52:32+02:00 Assessing the causes of breeding failure among the rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) during the nestling period Ivan Pokrovsky Dorothee Ehrich Rolf A. Ims Olga Kulikova Nicolas Lecomte Nigel G. Yoccoz 2012-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.17294 https://doaj.org/article/fef176a7d72a4fb7a190ab6d3668468a EN eng Norwegian Polar Institute http://www.polarresearch.net/index.php/polar/article/view/17294/pdf_1 https://doaj.org/toc/0800-0395 https://doaj.org/toc/1751-8369 doi:10.3402/polar.v31i0.17294 0800-0395 1751-8369 https://doaj.org/article/fef176a7d72a4fb7a190ab6d3668468a Polar Research, Vol 31, Iss 0, Pp 1-5 (2012) Buteo lagopus nestling mortality rough-legged buzzard camera monitoring siblicide heat wave Environmental sciences GE1-350 Oceanography GC1-1581 article 2012 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.3402/polar.v31i0.17294 2022-12-31T08:08:04Z When food becomes scarce, the youngest nestlings in facultatively siblicidal raptor species typically die and such events are usually attributed to siblicide. Here we present results from an investigation in the Arctic tundra, in which rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) breeding success was monitored with regular visits to nests and time-lapse cameras that continuously recorded the activity of chicks and their parents. The study took place in the Nenetsky Nature Reserve (68°20′N, 53°18′E) in the Russian Arctic, in 2007 10. It included 26 cases of chick mortality in 19 nests. The camera monitoring led us to discover instances of scavenging of chicks that had died due to starvation or bad weather in two nests. Camera monitoring also led us to discover how a sequence of abrupt weather shifts, between hot and sunny conditions and heavy rain, probably caused the death of nestlings in two nests. Detailed nest monitoring is required to avoid the mistaken attribution of such deaths to siblicide. Such extreme weather events may become more common with climate change and represent a new potential factor affecting rough-legged buzzards breeding success in the southern Arctic. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Polar Research Tundra Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Polar Research 31 1 17294 |
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When food becomes scarce, the youngest nestlings in facultatively siblicidal raptor species typically die and such events are usually attributed to siblicide. Here we present results from an investigation in the Arctic tundra, in which rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) breeding success was monitored with regular visits to nests and time-lapse cameras that continuously recorded the activity of chicks and their parents. The study took place in the Nenetsky Nature Reserve (68°20′N, 53°18′E) in the Russian Arctic, in 2007 10. It included 26 cases of chick mortality in 19 nests. The camera monitoring led us to discover instances of scavenging of chicks that had died due to starvation or bad weather in two nests. Camera monitoring also led us to discover how a sequence of abrupt weather shifts, between hot and sunny conditions and heavy rain, probably caused the death of nestlings in two nests. Detailed nest monitoring is required to avoid the mistaken attribution of such deaths to siblicide. Such extreme weather events may become more common with climate change and represent a new potential factor affecting rough-legged buzzards breeding success in the southern Arctic. |
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Ivan Pokrovsky Dorothee Ehrich Rolf A. Ims Olga Kulikova Nicolas Lecomte Nigel G. Yoccoz |
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Assessing the causes of breeding failure among the rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) during the nestling period |
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Assessing the causes of breeding failure among the rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) during the nestling period |
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Assessing the causes of breeding failure among the rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) during the nestling period |
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Assessing the causes of breeding failure among the rough-legged buzzard (Buteo lagopus) during the nestling period |
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assessing the causes of breeding failure among the rough-legged buzzard (buteo lagopus) during the nestling period |
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