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Multi-scale habitat selection and foraging ecology of the eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) in pine plantations

hal.structure.identifierBiodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]
dc.contributor.authorBARBARO, Luc
hal.structure.identifierCentre de Recherches sur la Biologie des Populations d’Oiseaux [CRBPO]
dc.contributor.authorCOUZI, Laurent
hal.structure.identifierCentre d'Études Biologiques de Chizé [CEBC]
dc.contributor.authorBRETAGNOLLE, Vincent
hal.structure.identifierBiodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]
dc.contributor.authorNEZAN, Julien
hal.structure.identifierBiodiversité, Gènes & Communautés [BioGeCo]
dc.contributor.authorVETILLARD, Fabrice
dc.date.issued2008-06-09
dc.identifier.issn0960-3115
dc.description.abstractEnBird conservation can be challenging in landscapes with high habitat turnover such as planted forests, especially for species that require large home ranges and juxtaposition of diVerent habitats to complete their life cycle. The eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) has declined severely in western Europe but is still abundant in south-western France. We studied habitat selection of hoopoes in pine plantation forests using a multi-scale survey, including point-counts at the landscape level and radio-tracking at the home-range scale. We quantiWed habitat use by systematically observing bird behaviour and characterized foraging sites according to micro-habitat variables and abundance of the main prey in the study area, the pine processionary moth (Thaumetopoea pityocampa). At the landscape scale, hoopoes selected habitat mosaics of high diversity, including deciduous woods and hedgerows as main nesting sites. At the home-range scale, hoopoes showed strong selection for short grassland vegetation along sand tracks as main foraging habitats. Vegetation was signiWcantly shorter and sparser at foraging sites than random, and foraging intensity appeared to be signiWcantly correlated with moth winter nest abundance. Hoopoe nesting success decreased during the three study years in line with processionary moth abundance. Thus, we suggest that hoopoes need complementation between foraging and breeding habitats to establish successfully in pine plantations. Hoopoe conservation requires the maintenance of adjacent breeding (deciduous woods) and foraging habitats (short swards adjacent to plantation edges), and consequently depends on the maintenance of habitat diversity at the landscape scale.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSpringer Verlag
dc.subject.enBird conservation · Foraging · Habitat complementation · Home range · Mosaic landscapes · Pine plantations · Radio-tracking · Thaumetopoea pityocampa · Upupa epops
dc.title.enMulti-scale habitat selection and foraging ecology of the eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) in pine plantations
dc.typeArticle de revue
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10531-007-9241-z
dc.subject.halSciences de l'environnement/Biodiversité et Ecologie
dc.subject.halSciences de l'environnement/Environnement et Société
dc.subject.halSciences de l'environnement/Milieux et Changements globaux
bordeaux.journalBiodiversity and Conservation
bordeaux.page1073-1087
bordeaux.volume17
bordeaux.issue5
bordeaux.peerReviewedoui
hal.identifierhal-00286299
hal.version1
hal.popularnon
hal.audienceInternationale
hal.origin.linkhttps://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr//hal-00286299v1
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