Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment : Merling de Chapa et al.
By 2040, roughly two-thirds of humanity are expected to live in urban areas. As cities expand, humans irreversibly transform natural ecosystems, creating both opportunities and challenges for wildlife. Here, we investigate how the Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is adjusting to urban environme...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/585346 2024-02-04T09:52:11+01:00 Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment : Merling de Chapa et al. Merling De Chapa, Manuela Courtiol, Alexandre Engler, Marc Giese, Lisa Rutz, Christian Lakermann, Michael Müskens, Gerard Van Der Horst, Youri Zollinger, Ronald Wirth, Hans Kenntner, Norbert Krüger, Oliver Chakarov, Nayden Müller, Anna Katharina Looft, Volkher Grünkorn, Thomas Hallau, André Altenkamp, Rainer Krone, Oliver 2020 application/pdf https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/phantom-of-the-forest-or-successful-citizen-analysing-how-norther https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201356 en eng https://edepot.wur.nl/551209 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/phantom-of-the-forest-or-successful-citizen-analysing-how-norther doi:10.1098/rsos.201356 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Wageningen University & Research Royal Society Open Science 7 (2020) 12 ISSN: 2054-5703 brood size costs-benefits defending behaviour disease transmission prey spectrum urbanization info:eu-repo/semantics/article Article/Letter to editor info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2020 ftunivwagenin https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.201356 2024-01-10T23:15:37Z By 2040, roughly two-thirds of humanity are expected to live in urban areas. As cities expand, humans irreversibly transform natural ecosystems, creating both opportunities and challenges for wildlife. Here, we investigate how the Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is adjusting to urban environments. We measured a variety of behavioural and ecological parameters in three urban and four rural study sites. City life appeared related to all parameters we measured. Urban female goshawks were overall 21.7 (CI 95% 5.13-130) times more likely to defend their nestlings from humans than rural females. Urban goshawks were 3.64 (CI 95% 2.05-6.66) times more likely to feed on pigeons and had diets exhibiting lower overall species richness and diversity. Urban females laid eggs 12.5 (CI 95% 7.12-17.4) days earlier than rural individuals and were 2.22 (CI 95% 0.984-4.73) times more likely to produce a brood of more than three nestlings. Nonetheless, urban goshawks suffered more from infections with the parasite Trichomonas gallinae, which was the second most common cause of mortality (14.6%), after collisions with windows (33.1%). In conclusion, although city life is associated with significant risks, goshawks appear to thrive in some urban environments, most likely as a result of high local availability of profitable pigeon prey. We conclude that the Northern Goshawk can be classified as an urban exploiter in parts of its distribution. Article in Journal/Newspaper Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library Royal Society Open Science 7 12 201356 |
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brood size costs-benefits defending behaviour disease transmission prey spectrum urbanization Merling De Chapa, Manuela Courtiol, Alexandre Engler, Marc Giese, Lisa Rutz, Christian Lakermann, Michael Müskens, Gerard Van Der Horst, Youri Zollinger, Ronald Wirth, Hans Kenntner, Norbert Krüger, Oliver Chakarov, Nayden Müller, Anna Katharina Looft, Volkher Grünkorn, Thomas Hallau, André Altenkamp, Rainer Krone, Oliver Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment : Merling de Chapa et al. |
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By 2040, roughly two-thirds of humanity are expected to live in urban areas. As cities expand, humans irreversibly transform natural ecosystems, creating both opportunities and challenges for wildlife. Here, we investigate how the Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) is adjusting to urban environments. We measured a variety of behavioural and ecological parameters in three urban and four rural study sites. City life appeared related to all parameters we measured. Urban female goshawks were overall 21.7 (CI 95% 5.13-130) times more likely to defend their nestlings from humans than rural females. Urban goshawks were 3.64 (CI 95% 2.05-6.66) times more likely to feed on pigeons and had diets exhibiting lower overall species richness and diversity. Urban females laid eggs 12.5 (CI 95% 7.12-17.4) days earlier than rural individuals and were 2.22 (CI 95% 0.984-4.73) times more likely to produce a brood of more than three nestlings. Nonetheless, urban goshawks suffered more from infections with the parasite Trichomonas gallinae, which was the second most common cause of mortality (14.6%), after collisions with windows (33.1%). In conclusion, although city life is associated with significant risks, goshawks appear to thrive in some urban environments, most likely as a result of high local availability of profitable pigeon prey. We conclude that the Northern Goshawk can be classified as an urban exploiter in parts of its distribution. |
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Merling De Chapa, Manuela Courtiol, Alexandre Engler, Marc Giese, Lisa Rutz, Christian Lakermann, Michael Müskens, Gerard Van Der Horst, Youri Zollinger, Ronald Wirth, Hans Kenntner, Norbert Krüger, Oliver Chakarov, Nayden Müller, Anna Katharina Looft, Volkher Grünkorn, Thomas Hallau, André Altenkamp, Rainer Krone, Oliver |
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Merling De Chapa, Manuela Courtiol, Alexandre Engler, Marc Giese, Lisa Rutz, Christian Lakermann, Michael Müskens, Gerard Van Der Horst, Youri Zollinger, Ronald Wirth, Hans Kenntner, Norbert Krüger, Oliver Chakarov, Nayden Müller, Anna Katharina Looft, Volkher Grünkorn, Thomas Hallau, André Altenkamp, Rainer Krone, Oliver |
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Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment : Merling de Chapa et al. |
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Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment : Merling de Chapa et al. |
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Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment : Merling de Chapa et al. |
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Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern Goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment : Merling de Chapa et al. |
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phantom of the forest or successful citizen? analysing how northern goshawks (accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment : merling de chapa et al. |
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