Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands
This study is based on a comparative approach to explore how two breeding waders, the lapwing Vanellus vanellus and the redshank Tringa tetanus, respond to cattle grazing in terms of timing and intensity of grazing in the Marais Poitevin (French Atlantic coast). Generalised linear mixed models (GLMM...
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WATER SURFACE WET GRASSLAND SWARD STRUCTURE GRAZING BREEDING WADER BIRD [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment Durant, Daphné Tichit, Muriel Fritz, Hervé Kerneis, Eric Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands |
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This study is based on a comparative approach to explore how two breeding waders, the lapwing Vanellus vanellus and the redshank Tringa tetanus, respond to cattle grazing in terms of timing and intensity of grazing in the Marais Poitevin (French Atlantic coast). Generalised linear mixed models (GLMM) showed that the two main predictors determining suitable grasslands were sward structure (i.e. mean sward height and tussock frequency) and water surface. A grazing index (LU.days/ha) was then monitored to tackle the extent to which the occupancy of fields by waders depended upon the grazing management involved in previous autumn, as well as in spring (early and mid-spring grazing). Species’ biology as well as variations in their sward structure requirements may explain why they responded differently to grazing. In the lapwing, a precocious species which nests in short swards (≤ 10 cm) with no/few tussocks, the suitability of grasslands was (at least partly) driven by both delayed (previous autumn) and direct (early spring) effects of grazing. Conversely, the redshank, which nests later and needs taller swards (10-40 cm) did not respond to autumn grazing, but seemed to be more sensitive to mid-spring grazing. Stocking densities (in LU/ha) in spring were also calculated to examine whether, due to potential risks of nest trampling and/or direct disturbance caused by livestock, birds avoided heavily grazed grasslands. Contrary to what was expected, the lapwing and the redshank responded positively to early spring and mid-spring stocking densities, respectively. These results are discussed in the light of the habitat characteristics and the grazing management situation of the study site, as well as their usefulness for the design of agri-environmental schemes. |
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Domaine expérimental de Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée (DSLP) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires (SADAPT) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech Ecologie quantitative et évolutive des communautés Département écologie évolutive LBBE Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE) Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE) Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) |
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Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands |
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Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands |
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Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands |
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Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands |
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Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands |
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field occupancy by breeding lapwings vanellus vanellus and redshanks tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands |
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Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00428082 Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2008, 128 (3), pp.146-150. ⟨10.1016/j.agee.2008.05.013⟩ |
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ftunivnantes:oai:HAL:hal-00428082v2 2023-05-15T18:42:33+02:00 Field occupancy by breeding lapwings Vanellus vanellus and redshanks Tringa totanus in agricultural wet grasslands Durant, Daphné Tichit, Muriel Fritz, Hervé Kerneis, Eric Domaine expérimental de Saint-Laurent-de-la-Prée (DSLP) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA) Sciences pour l'Action et le Développement : Activités, Produits, Territoires (SADAPT) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-AgroParisTech Ecologie quantitative et évolutive des communautés Département écologie évolutive LBBE Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE) Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL) Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Laboratoire de Biométrie et Biologie Evolutive - UMR 5558 (LBBE) Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-VetAgro Sup - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche en alimentation, santé animale, sciences agronomiques et de l'environnement (VAS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) 2008 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00428082 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2008.05.013 en eng HAL CCSD Elsevier Masson info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1016/j.agee.2008.05.013 hal-00428082 https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00428082 doi:10.1016/j.agee.2008.05.013 PRODINRA: 24296 WOS: 000259113000002 Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00428082 Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 2008, 128 (3), pp.146-150. ⟨10.1016/j.agee.2008.05.013⟩ WATER SURFACE WET GRASSLAND SWARD STRUCTURE GRAZING BREEDING WADER BIRD [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology environment info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2008 ftunivnantes https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2008.05.013 2023-01-11T00:33:29Z This study is based on a comparative approach to explore how two breeding waders, the lapwing Vanellus vanellus and the redshank Tringa tetanus, respond to cattle grazing in terms of timing and intensity of grazing in the Marais Poitevin (French Atlantic coast). Generalised linear mixed models (GLMM) showed that the two main predictors determining suitable grasslands were sward structure (i.e. mean sward height and tussock frequency) and water surface. A grazing index (LU.days/ha) was then monitored to tackle the extent to which the occupancy of fields by waders depended upon the grazing management involved in previous autumn, as well as in spring (early and mid-spring grazing). Species’ biology as well as variations in their sward structure requirements may explain why they responded differently to grazing. In the lapwing, a precocious species which nests in short swards (≤ 10 cm) with no/few tussocks, the suitability of grasslands was (at least partly) driven by both delayed (previous autumn) and direct (early spring) effects of grazing. Conversely, the redshank, which nests later and needs taller swards (10-40 cm) did not respond to autumn grazing, but seemed to be more sensitive to mid-spring grazing. Stocking densities (in LU/ha) in spring were also calculated to examine whether, due to potential risks of nest trampling and/or direct disturbance caused by livestock, birds avoided heavily grazed grasslands. Contrary to what was expected, the lapwing and the redshank responded positively to early spring and mid-spring stocking densities, respectively. These results are discussed in the light of the habitat characteristics and the grazing management situation of the study site, as well as their usefulness for the design of agri-environmental schemes. Article in Journal/Newspaper Vanellus vanellus Université de Nantes: HAL-UNIV-NANTES Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 128 3 146 150 |