Regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus
We estimated the influence of human disturbance and environmental factors on territory establishment in common ringed plovers Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus, to inform the conservation of these species. We examined a 212 km stretch of coastline in the United K...
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ftunivcam:oai:www.repository.cam.ac.uk:1810/322821 2024-01-14T10:06:09+01:00 Regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus Tratalos, JA Jones, AP Showler, DA Gill, JA Bateman, IJ Sugden, R Watkinson, AR Sutherland, WJ 2021 application/pdf https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/322821 https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.70277 eng eng Elsevier BV http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01640 Global Ecology and Conservation https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/322821 doi:10.17863/CAM.70277 All rights reserved Wader shorebird nesting coast beach visitor Article 2021 ftunivcam https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.70277 2023-12-21T23:25:19Z We estimated the influence of human disturbance and environmental factors on territory establishment in common ringed plovers Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus, to inform the conservation of these species. We examined a 212 km stretch of coastline in the United Kingdom in 2003, mapping all breeding pairs of both study species, as well as the environmental characteristics of beaches and locations of visitors on the beach, the latter measured by filming from a light aircraft. Of the 1,003 200m sections of beach surveyed, 183 contained ringed plover territories (267 breeding pairs) and 117 contained oystercatcher territories (226 breeding pairs). 38,634 human visitors to the beach were mapped from three flights. Population densities of both ringed plovers and oystercatchers were lower in locations with high visitor numbers, even when accounting for the influence of the environmental characteristics of the beach. The two bird species showed similar rates of territory establishment at very low visitor rates, but oystercatchers showed a stronger negative response when visitor rates reached higher levels. Binary logistic regression models were used to identify areas where the birds would benefit most from reductions in the number of visitors and we illustrate how this information could be used to inform management around sites otherwise favourable for territory establishment. We would like to thank Viola Kimmel and Emma Coombes for digitising visitors from the aerial videos, the Tyndall centre, University of East Anglia, for funding the project, and English Nature, the National Trust and Landguard Bird Observatory for supplying some of the bird data (as described in the methods section). Article in Journal/Newspaper Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover Ringed Plover Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository |
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We estimated the influence of human disturbance and environmental factors on territory establishment in common ringed plovers Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus, to inform the conservation of these species. We examined a 212 km stretch of coastline in the United Kingdom in 2003, mapping all breeding pairs of both study species, as well as the environmental characteristics of beaches and locations of visitors on the beach, the latter measured by filming from a light aircraft. Of the 1,003 200m sections of beach surveyed, 183 contained ringed plover territories (267 breeding pairs) and 117 contained oystercatcher territories (226 breeding pairs). 38,634 human visitors to the beach were mapped from three flights. Population densities of both ringed plovers and oystercatchers were lower in locations with high visitor numbers, even when accounting for the influence of the environmental characteristics of the beach. The two bird species showed similar rates of territory establishment at very low visitor rates, but oystercatchers showed a stronger negative response when visitor rates reached higher levels. Binary logistic regression models were used to identify areas where the birds would benefit most from reductions in the number of visitors and we illustrate how this information could be used to inform management around sites otherwise favourable for territory establishment. We would like to thank Viola Kimmel and Emma Coombes for digitising visitors from the aerial videos, the Tyndall centre, University of East Anglia, for funding the project, and English Nature, the National Trust and Landguard Bird Observatory for supplying some of the bird data (as described in the methods section). |
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Tratalos, JA Jones, AP Showler, DA Gill, JA Bateman, IJ Sugden, R Watkinson, AR Sutherland, WJ |
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Tratalos, JA Jones, AP Showler, DA Gill, JA Bateman, IJ Sugden, R Watkinson, AR Sutherland, WJ |
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Regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
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Regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
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Regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
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Regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
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Regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover Charadrius hiaticula and Eurasian oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus |
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regional models of the influence of human disturbance and habitat quality on the distribution of breeding territories of common ringed plover charadrius hiaticula and eurasian oystercatcher haematopus ostralegus |
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2021 |
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Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover Ringed Plover |
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Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover Ringed Plover |
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