Predation by sparrowhawks decreases with increased breeding density in a songbird, the great tit

Oecologia

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 177-183

  Götmark, Frank ^a   Andersson, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Conservation; Density dependence; Field experiment; Fledgling prey; Predator satiation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HAWK; OBSERVATION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; REPRODUCTION; SEASON; SONGBIRD; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; HAWKS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBSERVATION; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SWEDEN;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER NISUS; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; PARUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERI;

EID: 12944305670     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-004-1715-z     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Cramp S, Perrins CM (1993) The birds of the Western Palearctic, vol 7. Oxford University Press, Oxford
2. Crawley MJ (1992) Natural enemies: the population biology of predators, parasites and diseases. Blackwell, Oxford
3. Curio E (1976) The ethology of predation. Springer, Berlin Heidelberg New York
4. Etterson MA (2003) Conspecific attraction in loggerhead shrikes: implications for habitat conservation and reintroduction. Biol Conserv 114:199-205
5. Forman RTT (1999) Land mosaics - the ecology of landscapes and regions. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
6. Foster WA, Treherne JE (1981) Evidence for the dilution effect in the selfish herd from fish predation on a marine insect. Nature 295:466-467
7. Geer TA (1978) Effects of nesting sparrowhawks on nesting tits. Condor 80:419-422
8. Geer TA (1982) The selection of tits Parus spp. by sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus. Ibis 124:159-167
9. Gosler A (1993) The great tit. Hamlyn, London
10. Gosler AG, Greenwood JJD, Perrins C (1995) Predation risk and the cost of being fat. Nature 377:621-623
11. Götmark F (2002) Predation by sparrowhawks favours early breeding and small broods in great tits. Oecologia 130:25-32
12. Götmark F, Olsson J (1997) Artificial colour mutation: do red-painted great tits experience increased or decreased predation? Anim Behav 53:83-91
13. Götmark F, Post P (1996) Prey selection by sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus: relative predation risk for breeding passerine birds in relation to their size, ecology, and behaviour. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B 351:1559-1577
14. Götmark F, Post P, Olsson J, Himmelmann D (1997) Natural selection and sexual dimorphism: sex-biased sparrowhawk predation favours crypsis in female chaffinches. Oikos 80:540-548
15. Gray IL (1987) The feeding ecology of the sparrowhawk (Accipiter nisus) outside the breeding season. DPhil Thesis, University of Oxford
16. Hamilton WD (1971) Geometry for the selfish herd. J Theoret Biol 31:295-311
17. Hudson P (1992) Grouse in space and time: the population biology of a managed gamebird. The Game Conservancy, Fordingbridge, UK
18. Krebs JR, Davies NB (1993) An introduction to behavioural ecology. Blackwell, Oxford
19. Macdonald DW, Mace GM, Barretto GR (1999) The effects of predators on fragmented prey populations: a case study for the conservation of endangered prey. J Zool 247:487-506
20. Manly BJF (1997) Randomization, bootstrap and Monte Carlo methods in Biology. Chapman and Hall, London
21. Marler P (1955) Characteristics of some animal calls. Nature 176:6-8
22. Martin TE (1992) Interaction of nest predation and food limitation in reproductive strategies. In: Power DM (ed) Current ornithology, vol 9. Plenum, New York, pp 163-197
23. McCleery RH, Perrins CM (1991) Effects of predation on the numbers of Great Tits Parus major. In: Perrins CM, Lebreton JD, Hirons GJM (eds) Bird population studies: relevance to conservation and management. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp 129-147
24. Mönkkönen M, Härdling R, Forsman JT, Tuomi J (1999) Evolution of heterospecific attraction: using other species as cues in habitat selection. Evol Ecol 13:91-104
25. Muller KL, Stamps JA, Krishnan VV, Willits NH (1997) The effects of conspecific attraction and habitat quality on habitat selection in territorial birds (Troglodytes aedon). Am Nat 150:650-661
26. Newton I (1986) The sparrowhawk. Poyser, Calton, UK
27. Newton I (1993) Predation and limitation of bird numbers. Curr Ornithol 11:143-198
28. Newton I (1994) The role of nest sites in limiting the numbers of hole-nesting birds: a review. Biol Conserv 70:265-276
29. Newton I (1998) Population limitation in birds. Academic Press, London
30. Newton I, Dale L, Rothery P (1997) Apparent lack of impact of sparrowhawks on the breeding densities of some woodland songbirds. Bird Study 44:129-135
31. Perrins CM, Geer TA (1980) The effect of sparrowhawks on tit populations. Ardea 68:133-142
32. Reynolds RT, Meslow EC (1984) Partitioning of food and niche characteristics of coexisting Accipiter during breeding. Auk 101:761-779
33. Selås V, Rafoss T (1999) Ranging behaviour and foraging habitats of breeding sparrowhawks in a continuous forest area in Norway. Ibis 141:269-276
34. Sinclair ARE, Pech RP (1996) Density dependence, stochasticity, compensation and predator regulation. Oikos 75:164-173
35. Sinclair ARE, Pech RP, Dickman CR, Hik D, Mahon P, Newsome AE (1998) Predicting effects of predation on conservation of endangered prey. Conserv Biol 12:564-575
36. Slagsvold T (1980) Habitat selection in birds: on the presence of other bird species with special regard to Turdus pilaris. J Anim Ecol 49:523-536
37. Soulé M (1987) Viable populations for conservation. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
38. Spiller DA, Schoener TW (1998) Lizards reduce spider species richness by excluding rare species. Ecology 79:503-516
39. Stamps JA (1988) Conspecific attraction and aggregation in territorial species. Am Nat 131:329-347
40. Thomson DL, Green RE, Gregory RD, Baillie SR (1998) The widespread declines of songbirds in rural Britain do not correlate with the spread of their avian predators. Proc R Soc Lond B 265:2057-2062
41. Tinbergen L (1946) Sperver als Roofvijand van Zangfvogels. Ardea 34:1-123
42. Ward MP, Schlossberg S (2004) Conspecific attraction and the conservation of territorial songbirds. Conserv Biol 18:519-525