Effect of farmland type and vegetation height on habitat use and breeding success of northern lapwings in south-east Norway
Habitat use is a key element to understanding how endangered species should be protected from further decline. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) is a red-listed farmland species threatened by multiple factors such as agricultural intensification, predation and environmental factors. Habitat u...
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ftunivmob:oai:nmbu.brage.unit.no:11250/2724967 2023-07-16T04:01:14+02:00 Effect of farmland type and vegetation height on habitat use and breeding success of northern lapwings in south-east Norway Sakseide, Ida Marie Munthe Dale, Svein Norway 2020 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2724967 eng eng Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2724967 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no 41 Habitat selection Hatching success Farmland bird decline Conservation measures Agricultural practices VDP::Matematikk og Naturvitenskap: 400 Master thesis 2020 ftunivmob 2023-06-28T22:47:18Z Habitat use is a key element to understanding how endangered species should be protected from further decline. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) is a red-listed farmland species threatened by multiple factors such as agricultural intensification, predation and environmental factors. Habitat use and hatching success was monitored frequently during the breeding season in 2019 in 28 localities in south-east Norway with known occurrence of lapwings. Lapwings preferred short vegetation and avoided tall vegetation, particularly as the breeding season progresses. They preferred short-height habitat types such as tilled fields, vegetation islands, roads and piles, and avoided tall-height habitat types such as autumn sown fields. Out of 65 nests discovered in total, 50 % resulted in successful hatching whereas 30 % nests failed to produce chicks. Hatching success depended on habitat type selected for nest placement, but not vegetation height. Furthermore, results indicated that lapwings were more selective about their habitat after their chicks had hatched compared to the habitat chosen for nest placement. Findings of this study suggest that the farmland landscape can be altered in order to increase hatching success. I recommend the following measured to prevent further population decline of lapwings in the study area: 1) switching from autumn sown cereals to spring sown cereals; 2) mark nests and avoid them during farmland activities; and 3) create set-asides and vegetation islands than may function as refuge from tall vegetation late in the breeding season. Miljødirektoratet NOFOA M-ECOL Master Thesis Vanellus vanellus Open archive Norwegian University of Life Sciences: Brage NMBU Norway |
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Habitat use is a key element to understanding how endangered species should be protected from further decline. The northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) is a red-listed farmland species threatened by multiple factors such as agricultural intensification, predation and environmental factors. Habitat use and hatching success was monitored frequently during the breeding season in 2019 in 28 localities in south-east Norway with known occurrence of lapwings. Lapwings preferred short vegetation and avoided tall vegetation, particularly as the breeding season progresses. They preferred short-height habitat types such as tilled fields, vegetation islands, roads and piles, and avoided tall-height habitat types such as autumn sown fields. Out of 65 nests discovered in total, 50 % resulted in successful hatching whereas 30 % nests failed to produce chicks. Hatching success depended on habitat type selected for nest placement, but not vegetation height. Furthermore, results indicated that lapwings were more selective about their habitat after their chicks had hatched compared to the habitat chosen for nest placement. Findings of this study suggest that the farmland landscape can be altered in order to increase hatching success. I recommend the following measured to prevent further population decline of lapwings in the study area: 1) switching from autumn sown cereals to spring sown cereals; 2) mark nests and avoid them during farmland activities; and 3) create set-asides and vegetation islands than may function as refuge from tall vegetation late in the breeding season. Miljødirektoratet NOFOA M-ECOL |
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Dale, Svein |
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Effect of farmland type and vegetation height on habitat use and breeding success of northern lapwings in south-east Norway |
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Effect of farmland type and vegetation height on habitat use and breeding success of northern lapwings in south-east Norway |
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Effect of farmland type and vegetation height on habitat use and breeding success of northern lapwings in south-east Norway |
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Effect of farmland type and vegetation height on habitat use and breeding success of northern lapwings in south-east Norway |
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Effect of farmland type and vegetation height on habitat use and breeding success of northern lapwings in south-east Norway |
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effect of farmland type and vegetation height on habitat use and breeding success of northern lapwings in south-east norway |
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Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås |
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2020 |
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Vanellus vanellus |
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