courtiol/accipiteR: Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment
This Zenodo/GitHub repository provides the data and R code behind the paper Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment by Merling de Chapa et al. published in Royal Society Open Science. ABSTRACT : By 2040, roughl...
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:4271624 2024-09-15T17:34:32+00:00 courtiol/accipiteR: Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment Alexandre Courtiol 2020-11-13 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4271624 unknown Zenodo https://github.com/courtiol/accipiteR/tree/v_1.0 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4265229 https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4271624 oai:zenodo.org:4271624 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Other (Open) info:eu-repo/semantics/other 2020 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.427162410.5281/zenodo.4265229 2024-07-26T22:50:27Z This Zenodo/GitHub repository provides the data and R code behind the paper Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment by Merling de Chapa et al. published in Royal Society Open Science. ABSTRACT : 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 with all parameters we measured. Urban female goshawks were overall 21.7 (CI95% 5.13–130) times more likely to defend their nestlings from humans than rural females. Urban goshawks were 3.64 (CI95% 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 (CI95% 7.12–17.4) days earlier than rural individuals and were 2.22 (CI95% 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. Other/Unknown Material Accipiter gentilis Northern Goshawk Zenodo |
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This Zenodo/GitHub repository provides the data and R code behind the paper Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment by Merling de Chapa et al. published in Royal Society Open Science. ABSTRACT : 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 with all parameters we measured. Urban female goshawks were overall 21.7 (CI95% 5.13–130) times more likely to defend their nestlings from humans than rural females. Urban goshawks were 3.64 (CI95% 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 (CI95% 7.12–17.4) days earlier than rural individuals and were 2.22 (CI95% 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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courtiol/accipiteR: Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment |
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courtiol/accipiteR: Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment |
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courtiol/accipiteR: Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment |
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courtiol/accipiteR: Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment |
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courtiol/accipiteR: Phantom of the forest or successful citizen? Analysing how Northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment |
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courtiol/accipiter: phantom of the forest or successful citizen? analysing how northern goshawks (accipiter gentilis) cope with the urban environment |
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