Correlates of population density and body weight of raptors in the family Accipitridae: A comparative study

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 250, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 185-191

  Krüger, Oliver ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accipitridae; Body weight; Comparative method; Independent contrasts; Population density

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; ECOLOGY; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; RAPTOR; WEIGHT;

ACCIPITRIDAE;

EID: 0034143527     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690000203X     Document Type: Article

References (65)

1. Basset, A. (1996). Body size-related coexistence: an approach through allometric constraints on home-range use. Ecology 76: 1027-1035.
2. Blackburn, T. M. & Gaston, K. J. (1994). Animal body size distributions: patterns, mechanisms and implications. Trends Ecol. Evol. 9: 471-474.
3. Blackburn, T. M. & Gaston, K. J. (1996). Abundance-body size relationships: the area you census tells you more. Oikos 75: 303-309.
4. Blackburn, T. M., Lawton, J. H. & Gregory, R. D. (1996). Relationships between abundances and life histories of British birds. J. Anim. Ecol. 65: 52-62.
5. Blackburn, T. M., Gaston, K. J. & Gregory, R. D. (1997). Abundance-range size relationships in British birds: is unexplained variation a product of life history? Ecography 20: 466-474.
6. Brown, J. H. & Maurer, B. A. (1987). Evolution of species assemblages: effects of energetic constraints and species dynamics on the diversification of the North American avifauna. Am. Nat. 130: 117.
7. Brown, L. H. & Amadon, D. (1968). Eagles, hawks & falcons of the world. Middlesex: Country Life Books.
8. Brown, L. H., Urban, E. K. & Newman, K. (1982). The birds of Africa 1. London: Academic Press.
9. Cramp, S. & Simmons, K. E. L. (1980). Handbook of the birds of Europe the Middle East and North Africa 2. Hawks to bustards. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
10. Damuth, J. (1981). Population density and body size in mammals. Nature 290: 699-700.
11. Damuth, J. (1991). Of size and abundance. Nature 351: 268-269.
12. Del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A. & Sargatal, J. (1994). Handbook of the birds of the world 2. New world vultures to guineafowl. Barcelona: Lynx Edicions.
13. Diaz-Uriarte, R. & Garland, T. (1996). Testing hypothesis of correlated evolution using phylogenetically independent contrasts: sensitivity to deviations from Brownian Motion. Syst. Biol. 45: 27-47.
14. Felsenstein, J. (1985). Phylogenies and the comparative method. Am. Nat. 125: 115.
15. Fitter, A. H. (1995). Interpreting quantitative and qualitative characteristics in comparative analysis. J. Ecol. 83: 730.
16. Garland, T., Harvey, P. H. & Ives, A. R. (1992). Procedures for the analysis of comparative data using phylogenetically independent contrasts. Syst. Biol. 41: 18-32.
17. Gaston, K. J. (1996). The multiple forms of the interspecific abundance-distribution relationship. Oikos 76: 211-220.
18. Gaston, K. J. & Blackburn, T. M. (1996a). Range size-body size relationships: evidence of scale dependence. Oikos 75: 479-485.
19. Gaston, K. J. & Blackburn, T. M. (1996b). Global scale macroecology: interactions between population size, geographic range size and body size in the Anseriformes. J. Anim. Ecol. 65: 701-714.
20. Gaston, K. J., Blackburn, T. M. & Lawton, J. H. (1997). Interspecific abundance-range size relationships: an appraisal of mechanisms. J. Anim. Ecol. 66: 579-601.
21. Gittleman, J. L. (1985). Carnivore body size: ecological and taxonomic correlates. Oecologia (Berl.) 67: 540-554.
22. Grafen, A. (1989). The phylogenetic regression. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 326: 119-157.
23. Harvey, P. H. (1996). Phylogenies for ecologists. J. Anim. Ecol. 65: 255-263.
24. Harvey, P. H. & Mace, G. M. (1982). Comparisons between taxa and adaptive trends: problems of methodology. In Current problems in sociobiology: 343-362. King's College Sociobiology Group (Eds). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
25. Harvey, P. H. & Pagel, M. D. (1991). The comparative method in evolutionary biology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
26. Harvey, P. H. & Purvis, A. (1991). Comparative methods for explaining adaptations. Nature 351: 619-624.
27. Harvey, P. H., Read, A. F. &,Nee, S. (1995). Why ecologists need to be phylogenetically challenged. J. Ecol. 83: 535-536.
28. Hayes, F. E. (1991). Raptor densities along the Paraguay river: seasonal, geographical and time of day variation. J. Raptor Res. 25: 101-108.
29. Hiraldo, F., Donazar, J. A., Ceballos, O., Travaini, A., Bustamante, J. & Funes, M. (1995). Breeding biology of a grey Eagle-buzzard population in Patagonia. Wilson Bull. 107: 675-685.
30. Holdaway, R. N. (1994). An exploratory phylogenetic analysis of the genera of the Accipitridae, with notes on the biogeography of the family. In Raptor conservation today: 601-647. Meyburg, B.-U. & Chancellor, R. D. (Eds). Berlin: Pica Press.
31. Holt, R. D., Lawton, J. H., Gaston, K. J. & Blackburn, T. M. (1997). On the relationship between range size and local abundance: back to basics. Oikos 78: 183-190.
32. Jarman, P. J. (1982). Prospects for interspecific comparison in sociobiology. In Current problems in sociobiology: 323-342. King's College Sociobiology Group (Eds). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
33. Jimenez, J. E. & Jaksic, F. M. (1989). Behavioural ecology of grey eagle-buzzards, Geranoaetus melanoleucus, in central Chile. Condor 91: 913-921.
34. Jimenez, J. E. & Jaksic, F. M. (1993). Observations on the comparative behavioural ecology of Harris' hawk in central Chile. J. Raptor Res. 27: 143-148.
35. Krüger, O. (1997). Population density and intra-and interspecific competition in the African fish eagle Haliaeetus vocifer in Kyambura Game Reserve, southwest Uganda. Ibis 139: 19-24.
36. Krüger O. & Stefener, U. (1996). Nahrungsökologie und Populationsdynamik des Habichts (Accipiter gentilils) im östlichen Westfalen. Vogelwelt 117: 1-8.
37. Lyon, B. & Kuhnigk, A. (1985). Observations on nesting ornate hawk-eagles in Guatemala. Wilson Bull. 97: 141-147.
38. Mader, W. J. (1982). Ecology and breeding habits of the Savanna hawk in the Llanos of Venezuela. Condor 84: 261-271.
39. Marchant, S. & Higgins, P. J. (1993). Handbook of Australian, New Zealand and Antarctic birds 2. Raptors to lapwings. Melbourne: Oxford University Press.
40. Martins, E. P. (1996a). Conducting phylogenetic comparative studies when the phylogeny is not known. Evolution 50: 12-22.
41. Martins, E. P. (1996b). Phylogenies and the comparative method in animal behaviour. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
42. Meyburg, B.-U. (1981). Notwendigkeiten und Möglichkeiten des Populationsmanagements bei Greifvögeln. Ökol. Vögel 3: 317-334.
43. Naoroji, R. K. (1985). Notes on some common breeding raptors of the Rajpipla Forest. J. Bombay Nat. His. Soc. 82: 278-308.
44. Naoroji, R. K. & Monga, S. G. (1983). Observations on the crested serpent eagle (Spilornis cheela) in Rajpipla Forests -south Gujarat. J. Bombay Nat. His. Soc. 80: 273-285.
45. Newton, I. (1979). Population ecology of raptors. Berkhamsted: T. & A. D. Poyser.
46. Olson, S. L. (1985). The fossil record of birds. In Avian biology VIII: 79-252. Farner, D. S., King, J. R. & Parkes, K. C. (Eds). London: Academic Press.
47. Pagel, M. D. (1992). A method for the analysis of comparative data. J. theor. Biol. 156: 431-442.
48. Pagel, M. D. (1994). Detecting correlated evolution on phylogenies: a general method for the comparative analysis of discrete characters. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. B 255: 37-45.
49. Pagel, M. D. & Harvey, P. H. (1988). How mammals produce large-brained offspring. Evolution 42: 948-957.
50. Price, T. (1997). Correlated evolution and independent contrasts. Philos. Trans. R. Soc. Lond. B Biol. Sci. 352: 519-529.
51. Rettig, N. L. (1978). Breeding behaviour of the Harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja). Auk 95: 629-643.
52. Ricklefs, R. E. (1996). Phytogeny and ecology. Trends Ecol. Evol. 11: 229-230.
53. Ricklefs, R. E. & Starck, J. M. (1996). Applications of phylogenetically independent contrasts: a mixed progress report. Oikos 77: 167-172.
54. Ridley, M. (1983). The explanation of organic diversity: the comparative method and adaptations for mating. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
55. Robinson, S. K. (1994). Habitat selection and foraging ecology of raptors in Amazonian Peru. Biotropica 26: 443-458.
56. Schoener, T. W. (1968). Sizes of feeding territories among birds. Ecology 49: 123-141.
57. Sibley, C. G. & Ahlquist, J. E. (1990). Phylogeny and classification of birds. New Haven: Yale University Press.
58. Thiollay, J. M. (1985). Raptor community structure of a primary rain forest in French Guiana and effect of hunting pressure. Raptor Res. 18: 117-122.
59. Thiollay, J. M. (1989a). Area requirements for the conservation of rain forest raptors and game birds in French Guiana. Conserv. Biol. 3: 128-137.
60. Thiollay, J. M. (1989b). Censusing of diurnal raptors in a primary rain forest: comparative methods and species detectability. J. Raptor Res. 23: 72-84.
61. Thiollay, J. M. (1994). A world review of tropical forest raptors. Current trends, research objectives and conservation strategy. In Raptor conservation today: 231-239. Meyburg, B.-U. & Chancellor, R. D. (Eds). Berlin: Pica Press.
62. Thiollay, J. M. & Meyburg, B.-U. (1988). Forest fragmentation and the conservation of raptors: a survey on the island of Java. Biol. Conserv. 44: 229-250.
63. Westoby, M., Leishman, M. R. & Lord, J. M. (1995). On misinterpreting the phylogenetic correction. J. Ecol. 83: 531-534.
64. Wotzkow, C. (1994). Status, distribution, current research and conservation of forest birds of prey in Cuba. In Raptor conservation today: 291-299. Meyburg, B.-U. & Chancellor, R. D. (Eds). Berlin: Pica Press.
65. Zang, H., Heckenroth, H. & Knolle, F. (1989). Die Vögel Niedersachsens Greifvögel. Naturschutz Landschaftspfl. Niedersachs. B, H.