Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland
Habitat associations of farmland birds are well studied, yet few have considered relationships between species distribution and soil properties. Charadriiform waders (shorebirds) depend upon penetrable soils, rich in invertebrate prey. Many species, such as the Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, ha...
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agriculture agri-environment earthworm grassland High Nature Value lime Lumbricidae shorebird soil pH wader McCallum, Heather M Park, Kirsty O'Brien, Mark G Gimona, Alessandro Poggio, Laura Wilson, Jeremy Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland |
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Habitat associations of farmland birds are well studied, yet few have considered relationships between species distribution and soil properties. Charadriiform waders (shorebirds) depend upon penetrable soils, rich in invertebrate prey. Many species, such as the Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, have undergone severe declines across Europe, despite being targeted by agri-environment measures. This study assessed whether there were additive effects of soil variables (depth, pH and organic matter content) in explaining Lapwing distribution, after controlling for known habitat relationships, at 89 farmland sites across Scotland. The addition of these soil variables and their association with elevation improved model fit by 55\%, in comparison with models containing only previously established habitat relationships. Lapwing density was greatest at sites at higher elevation, but only those with less peaty and less acidic soil. Lapwing distribution is being constrained between intensively managed lowland farmland with favourable soil conditions and upland sites where lower management intensity favours Lapwings but edaphic conditions limit their distribution. Trials of soil amendments such as liming are needed on higher elevation grassland sites to test whether they could contribute to conservation management for breeding Lapwings and other species of conservation concern that depend upon soil-dwelling invertebrates in grassland soils, such as Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris and Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus. Results from such trials could support improvement and targeting of agri-environment schemes and other conservation measures in upland grassland systems. |
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Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland |
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Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland |
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Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland |
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Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland |
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Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland |
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soil ph and organic matter content add explanatory power to northern lapwing vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland |
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McCallum HM, Park K, O'Brien MG, Gimona A, Poggio L & Wilson J (2015) Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland. Ibis, 157 (4), pp. 677-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12286 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23923 doi:10.1111/ibi.12286 WOS:000361007700001 2-s2.0-84941182785 554982 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23923/2/IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.docx http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23923/1/IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.pdf |
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: McCallum, H. M., Park, K. J., O'brien, M. G., Gimona, A., Poggio, L., Wilson, J. D. (2015), Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland. Ibis, 157: 677–687. doi:10.1111/ibi.12286, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12286. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. 2016-10-09 [IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.docx] Publisher requires 12 month embargo. [IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.pdf] Publisher requires 12 month embargo. |
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ftunivstirling:oai:dspace.stir.ac.uk:1893/23923 2023-05-15T16:08:31+02:00 Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland McCallum, Heather M Park, Kirsty O'Brien, Mark G Gimona, Alessandro Poggio, Laura Wilson, Jeremy Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Biological and Environmental Sciences BirdLife International The James Hutton Institute orcid:0000-0001-6080-7197 2015-10 application/octet-stream application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23923 https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12286 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23923/2/IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.docx http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23923/1/IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.pdf en eng Wiley-Blackwell 111 RIVER ST, HOBOKEN 07030-5774, NJ USA McCallum HM, Park K, O'Brien MG, Gimona A, Poggio L & Wilson J (2015) Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland. Ibis, 157 (4), pp. 677-687. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12286 http://hdl.handle.net/1893/23923 doi:10.1111/ibi.12286 WOS:000361007700001 2-s2.0-84941182785 554982 http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23923/2/IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.docx http://dspace.stir.ac.uk/bitstream/1893/23923/1/IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.pdf This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: McCallum, H. M., Park, K. J., O'brien, M. G., Gimona, A., Poggio, L., Wilson, J. D. (2015), Soil pH and organic matter content add explanatory power to Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus distribution models and suggest soil amendment as a conservation measure on upland farmland. Ibis, 157: 677–687. doi:10.1111/ibi.12286, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12286. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. 2016-10-09 [IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.docx] Publisher requires 12 month embargo. [IBIS-2014-OP-179_FINAL.pdf] Publisher requires 12 month embargo. agriculture agri-environment earthworm grassland High Nature Value lime Lumbricidae shorebird soil pH wader Journal Article AM - Accepted Manuscript 2015 ftunivstirling https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12286 2022-06-13T18:41:50Z Habitat associations of farmland birds are well studied, yet few have considered relationships between species distribution and soil properties. Charadriiform waders (shorebirds) depend upon penetrable soils, rich in invertebrate prey. Many species, such as the Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, have undergone severe declines across Europe, despite being targeted by agri-environment measures. This study assessed whether there were additive effects of soil variables (depth, pH and organic matter content) in explaining Lapwing distribution, after controlling for known habitat relationships, at 89 farmland sites across Scotland. The addition of these soil variables and their association with elevation improved model fit by 55\%, in comparison with models containing only previously established habitat relationships. Lapwing density was greatest at sites at higher elevation, but only those with less peaty and less acidic soil. Lapwing distribution is being constrained between intensively managed lowland farmland with favourable soil conditions and upland sites where lower management intensity favours Lapwings but edaphic conditions limit their distribution. Trials of soil amendments such as liming are needed on higher elevation grassland sites to test whether they could contribute to conservation management for breeding Lapwings and other species of conservation concern that depend upon soil-dwelling invertebrates in grassland soils, such as Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata, Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris and Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus. Results from such trials could support improvement and targeting of agri-environment schemes and other conservation measures in upland grassland systems. Article in Journal/Newspaper Eurasian Curlew Numenius arquata Vanellus vanellus University of Stirling: Stirling Digital Research Repository Ibis 157 4 677 687 |