Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands

Capsule: Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus avoid nesting close to small woodland patches but nest predation rates do not vary with distance to woodland patches, either because risky areas are avoided or perceived nest predation risk does not reflect actual risk. Aims: To explore the effects of wood...

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Main Authors: Bertholdt, Nikolas P., Gill, Jennifer A., Laidlaw, Rebecca A., Smart, Jennifer
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61878/
https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61878/1/Accepted_manuscript.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2016.1262816
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spelling ftuniveastangl:oai:ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk:61878 2023-06-06T12:00:04+02:00 Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands Bertholdt, Nikolas P. Gill, Jennifer A. Laidlaw, Rebecca A. Smart, Jennifer 2016-12 application/pdf https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61878/ https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61878/1/Accepted_manuscript.pdf https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2016.1262816 en eng https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61878/1/Accepted_manuscript.pdf Bertholdt, Nikolas P., Gill, Jennifer A., Laidlaw, Rebecca A. and Smart, Jennifer (2016) Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands. Bird Study, 64 (1). pp. 30-36. ISSN 0006-3657 doi:10.1080/00063657.2016.1262816 Article PeerReviewed 2016 ftuniveastangl https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2016.1262816 2023-04-13T22:31:58Z Capsule: Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus avoid nesting close to small woodland patches but nest predation rates do not vary with distance to woodland patches, either because risky areas are avoided or perceived nest predation risk does not reflect actual risk. Aims: To explore the effects of woodland patches in wet grassland landscapes on nest distribution and success of Lapwings. Methods: We quantified the effect of woodland patches on the distribution and outcome of Lapwing nests across four wet grassland sites by mapping nest distribution and monitoring nest outcomes. Results: Lapwing nested significantly further from woods than expected by chance. Neither nest predation rates nor the probability of predation occurring at night (thus primarily mammalian predators) or day (primarily avian predators) varied in relation to distance from woodland patches. Conclusions: High levels of nest and chick predation in wet grassland landscapes limit the capacity for breeding wader populations to be self-sustaining. Consequently, identifying manageable landscape features that influence predation rates is an important focus of conservation research. Lapwing avoid breeding close to woodland but, as nest predation rates do not vary with distance from woodland patches, their removal may increase the area of suitable nesting habitat but is unlikely to substantially influence productivity. Article in Journal/Newspaper Vanellus vanellus University of East Anglia: UEA Digital Repository Bird Study 64 1 30 36
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description Capsule: Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus avoid nesting close to small woodland patches but nest predation rates do not vary with distance to woodland patches, either because risky areas are avoided or perceived nest predation risk does not reflect actual risk. Aims: To explore the effects of woodland patches in wet grassland landscapes on nest distribution and success of Lapwings. Methods: We quantified the effect of woodland patches on the distribution and outcome of Lapwing nests across four wet grassland sites by mapping nest distribution and monitoring nest outcomes. Results: Lapwing nested significantly further from woods than expected by chance. Neither nest predation rates nor the probability of predation occurring at night (thus primarily mammalian predators) or day (primarily avian predators) varied in relation to distance from woodland patches. Conclusions: High levels of nest and chick predation in wet grassland landscapes limit the capacity for breeding wader populations to be self-sustaining. Consequently, identifying manageable landscape features that influence predation rates is an important focus of conservation research. Lapwing avoid breeding close to woodland but, as nest predation rates do not vary with distance from woodland patches, their removal may increase the area of suitable nesting habitat but is unlikely to substantially influence productivity.
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author Bertholdt, Nikolas P.
Gill, Jennifer A.
Laidlaw, Rebecca A.
Smart, Jennifer
spellingShingle Bertholdt, Nikolas P.
Gill, Jennifer A.
Laidlaw, Rebecca A.
Smart, Jennifer
Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands
author_facet Bertholdt, Nikolas P.
Gill, Jennifer A.
Laidlaw, Rebecca A.
Smart, Jennifer
author_sort Bertholdt, Nikolas P.
title Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands
title_short Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands
title_full Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands
title_fullStr Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands
title_full_unstemmed Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands
title_sort landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of northern lapwing vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands
publishDate 2016
url https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61878/
https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/61878/1/Accepted_manuscript.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657.2016.1262816
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Bertholdt, Nikolas P., Gill, Jennifer A., Laidlaw, Rebecca A. and Smart, Jennifer (2016) Landscape effects on nest site selection and nest success of Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus in lowland wet grasslands. Bird Study, 64 (1). pp. 30-36. ISSN 0006-3657
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