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
This is the final version. Available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. 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 conservat...
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ftunivexeter:oai:ore.exeter.ac.uk:10871/129898 2024-09-15T18:01:52+00:00 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 e01640- http://hdl.handle.net/10871/129898 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01640 en eng Elsevier Global Ecology and Conservation, 28 orcid:0000-0002-2791-6137 (Bateman, Ian J) ScopusID: 7005934781 (Bateman, Ian J) ResearcherID: F-8011-2010 (Bateman, Ian J) Vol. 28, article e01640 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01640 http://hdl.handle.net/10871/129898 2351-9894 Global Ecology and Conservation © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wader shorebird nesting coast beach visitor Article 2021 ftunivexeter https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01640 2024-07-29T03:24:14Z This is the final version. Available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. 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 1003,200 m 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. Tyndall Centre for Climate Research, University of East Anglia Article in Journal/Newspaper Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover Ringed Plover University of Exeter: Open Research Exeter (ORE) Global Ecology and Conservation 28 e01640 |
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This is the final version. Available from Elsevier via the DOI in this record. 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 1003,200 m 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. Tyndall Centre for Climate Research, University of East Anglia |
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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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Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover Ringed Plover |
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Charadrius hiaticula Common Ringed Plover Ringed Plover |
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Global Ecology and Conservation, 28 orcid:0000-0002-2791-6137 (Bateman, Ian J) ScopusID: 7005934781 (Bateman, Ian J) ResearcherID: F-8011-2010 (Bateman, Ian J) Vol. 28, article e01640 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01640 http://hdl.handle.net/10871/129898 2351-9894 Global Ecology and Conservation |
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