Estimating breeding population size of the red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) in the Camargue (southern France) taking into account detection probability: Implications for conservation

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 379-385

  Defos du Rau, Pierre ^a   Barbraud, Christophe ^b,c   Mondain Monval, Jean Yves ^a  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; CAMARGUE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

ANAS SP.; AYTHYA; NETTA RUFINA;

EID: 14044275195     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003457     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Amat, J. A. (1984). Ecological segregation between red-crested pochard Netta rufina and pochard Aythya farina in a fluctuating environment. Ardea 72: 229-233.
2. Anderson, D. R., Burnham, K. P. & Thompson, W. L. (2000). Null hypothesis testing: problems, prevalence, and an alternative. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 64: 912-923.
3. Barker, R. J. & Sauer, J. R. (1992). Modeling population change from time series data. In: Wildlife 2001: Populations: 182-194. McCullough, D. R. & Barrett, R. H. (Eds). New York: Elsevier.
4. Blondel, J. & Isenmann, P. (198 1). Guide des oiseaux de Camargue. Neuchâtel and Paris: Delachaux & Niestlé.
5. Boutin, J. (1994). Nette rousse. In: Nouvel atlas des oiseaux nicheurs de France 1985-1989: 142-143. Yeatman-Berthelot, D. & Jarry, G. (Eds). Paris: Société d'Etudes Ornithologiques de France.
6. Buckland, S. T., Goudie, I. B. J. & Borchers, D. L. (2000). Wildlife population assessment: past developments and future directions. Biometrics 56: 1-12
7. Burnham, K. P. & Anderson, D. R. (1998). Model selection and inference: a practical information theoretic approach. New York: Academic Press..
8. Burnham, K. P. & Overton, W. S. (1978). Estimation of the size of a closed population when capture probabilities vary among animals. Biometrika 65: 625-633.
9. Defos du Rau, P. (2002). Elements for a red-crested pochard (Netta rufina) management plan. Game Wildl. Sci. 19: 89-141.
10. Dehorter, O. & Rocamora, G. (1999). Nette rousse Netta rufina. In Oiseaux menacé et à surveiller en France: 376-377. Rocamora, G. & Yeatman-Berthelot, D. (Eds). Paris: SEOF/LPO.
11. Del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. (1992). Handbook of the birds of the world, vol. 1, Ostrich to ducks. Barcelona: Lynx.
12. Didger 2.01 (2000). Digitizing software. Golden, CO: Golden Software Inc.
13. Gaillardin, C. (1991). La reproduction de la nette rousse en Camargue. Unpublished report BEPA cyn-acegétique, Vendôme.
14. Green, A. J. (1998). Comparative feeding behaviour and niche organization in a Mediterranean duck community. Can. J. Zool. 76: 500-507.
15. Heiser, F. (1992). Breeding of the red-crested pochard in Swabia, southwest-Bavaria. Ornithologische Anzeiger 31: 159-161.
16. Hines, J. E. (2000). DOBSERV: a double-observer approach for estimating detection probability and abundance from avian point counts. http:// www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/software/dobserv.html. USGS-PWRC, Laurel, MD.
17. Karanth, K. U. & Nichols, J. D. (1998). Estimation of tiger densities in India using photographic captures and recaptures. Ecology 79 2852-2862.
18. Keller, V. (2000). Winter distribution and population change of red-crested pochard Netta rufina in southwestern and central Europe. Bird Study 47: 176-185.
19. Kendall, W. L., Nichols, J. D. & Hines, J. E. (1997). Estimating temporary emigration and breeding proportions using capture-recapture data with Pollock's robust-design. Ecology 78: 563-578.
20. Kéry, A (2002). Inferring the absence of a species - a case study of snakes. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 66: 330-338.
21. Krivenko, V. G. (1994). Red-crested pochard. In Birds in Europe, their conservation status: 120-121. Tucker, G. A & Heath, M. F. (Eds). Cambridge: Birdlife International.
22. Lebreton, J. D., Burnham, K. P., Clobert, J. & Anderson, D. R. (1992). Modeling survival and testing biological hypotheses using marked animals: case studies and recent advances. Ecol. Monogr. 62 67-118.
23. Lillie, R. A. & Evrard, J. O. (1994). Influence of macroinvertebrates and macrophytes on waterfowl utilization of wetlands in the Prairie Pothole Region of northwestern Wisconsin. Hydrobiologia 279 /280 235-246.
24. Llorente, G. A. & Ruiz, X. (1985). Datos sobre la reproducción del pato colorado Netta rufina (Pallas 1773) en el Delta del Ebro. Misc. Zool. 9: 315-323.
25. Mathevet, R. & Tamisier, A. (2002). Creation of a nature reserve, its effect on hunting management and waterfowl distribution in the Camargue (southern France). Biodivers. Conserv. 11: 509-519.
26. Mayaud, N. (1966). Contribution à l'histoire de Netta rufina Pallas, la nette à huppe rousse en Europe occidentale. Alauda 34: 191-199.
27. Nichols, J. D., Hines, J. E., Sauer, J. R., Fallon, J. W., Fallon, J. E. & Heglund, P. J. (2000). A double-observer approach for estimating detection probability and abundance from point counts. Auk 117 393-408.
28. Pollock, K. H. (1982). A capture-recapture design robust to unequal probability of capture. J. Wildl. Mgmt. 46: 757-760.
29. Pöysä, H. (2001). Dynamics of habitat distribution in breeding mallards: assessing the applicability of current habitat selection models. Oikos 94: 365-373.
30. Pöysä, H., Elmberg, J., Sjöberg, K. & Nummi, P. (2000). Nesting mallards (Anas platyrhynchos) forecast brood-stage food limitation when selecting habitat: experimental evidence. Oecologia 122 582-586.
31. Rexstad, E. & Burnham, K. P. (1991). User's guide for interactive program CAPTURE. Colorado Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.
32. Rimbert, S. (1990). Eco-éthologie de la nette rousse en Camargue. Unpublished report, BEPA cynégétique, Charleville-Mézières.
33. Rosenstock, S. S., Anderson, D. R., Giesen, K. M., Leukering, T. & Carter, M. F. (2002). Landbird counting techniques: current practices and an alternative. Auk 119: 46-53.
34. Schneider-Jacoby, M. & Vasic, V. F. (1989). The red-crested pochard Netta rufina breeding and wintering in Yougoslavia. Wildfowl 40: 39-44.
35. Snow, D. W. & Perrins, C. M. (1998). The birds of the Western Palearctic, vol. I. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
36. Tamisier, A. (1990). Camargue, milieux et paysages. Évolution 1942-1984. Carte en couleur 1/80000. Arcane, Arles.
37. Tamisier, A. & Grillas, P. (1994). A review of habitat changes in the Camargue: an assessment of the effects of the loss of biological diversity on the wintering waterfowl community. Biol. Conserv. 70: 39-47.
38. Thompson, W. L. (2002). Towards reliable bird surveys: accounting for individuals present but not detected. Auk 119: 18-25.
39. Wetlands International (2002). Waterbird population estimates. Third Edition. Wageningen: Wetlands International Global Series.
40. White, G. C. & Burnham, K. P. (1999). Program MARK: survival estimation from populations of marked animals. Bird Study 46 (Supplement): 120-139.