Black Harrier Circus maurus of the Fynbos biome, South Africa: A threatened specialist or an adaptable survivor?

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 233-245

  Curtis, Odette ^a   Simmons, Robert E ^a   Jenkins, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

CIRCUS; CIRCUS MAURUS;

EID: 20344369043     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270904000310     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Allan, D. G. (1993) Aspects of the biology and conservation status of the Blue Crane Anthropoides paradiseus, and the Ludwig's Neotis ludwigii and Stanley's N. Denhami stanleyi Bustards in southern Africa. Unpubl. M.Sc. thesis, University of Cape Town.
2. Allan, D. G., Harrison, J. A., Underhill, L. G., Herremans, M. and Hitchcock, W. A. (2001) The nest record scheme, Third edition. ADU guide 3: 1-43.
3. Arroyo, B., Garcia, J. T. and Bretagnolle, V. (2002) Conservation of the Montagu's Harrier (Circus pygargus) in agricultural areas. Anim. Conserv. 5: 283-290.
4. Barnes, K. (2000) The Eskom Red Data Book of birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Johannesburg: BirldLife South Africa.
5. BirdLife International (2000) Threatened birds of the world. Cambridge, U.K.: BirdLife International.
6. Chadwick, P. I. (1997) Breeding by Black Harriers in the West Coast National Park. J. Afr. Raptor Biol. 12: 14-19.
7. Garcia, J. T. and Arroyo, B. E. (2001) Effect of abiotic factors on reproduction in the centre and periphery of breeding ranges: a comparative analysis of sympatric harriers. Ecography 24: 393-402.
8. Hockey, P. A. R., Underhill, L. G., Neatherway, M. and Ryan, P. (1989) Atlas of the birds of the southwestern Cape. Cape Town: Cape Bird Club.
9. Jenkins, A. R. (2000) Variation in the quality of parental care at falcon nests in South Africa as evidence for postulated differences in food availability. Ardea 88(1): 17-31.
10. Kemper, J., Cowling, R. M., Richardson, D. M., Forsyth, G. G. and McKelly, D. H. (2000) Landscape fragmentation in South Coast Renosterveld, South Africa, in relation to rainfall and topography. Austral Ecol. 25: 179-186.
11. Low, A. B. and Rebelo, T. G. (1996) Vegetation of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. South Africa: Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism, Pretoria.
12. Millon, A., Bourrioux, J. L., Riols, C. and Bretagnolle, V. (2002) Comparative breeding biology of Hen and Montagu's Harrier: an 8-year study in north-eastern France. Ibis 144: 94-105.
13. Preston, C. R. (1990) Distribution of raptor foraging in relation to prey biomass and habitat structure. Condor 92: 107-112.
14. Redpath, S., Amar, A., Madders, M., Leckie, F. and Thirgood, S. (2002) Hen harrier foraging success in relation to land use in Scotland. Anim. Conserv. 5:113-118.
15. Redpath, S. M., Arroyo, B. E., Etheridge, B., Leckie, F., Bouwman, K. and Thirgood, S. J. (in press) Temperature and Hen Harrier productivity: from local mechanisms to geographical patterns. Ecography.
16. Siegfried, W. R. (1992) The conservation of the southern African avifauna. South Afr. J. Wildlife Res. 22: 61-64.
17. Simmons, R. E. (1986) Food provisioning, nestling growth and experimental manipulation of brood size in the Redbreasted Sparrowhawk Accipiter rufiventris. Ornis Scand. 17: 31-40.
18. Simmons, R. E. (1997) Black Harrier Circus maurus. Pp. 241-243 in J. A. Harrison, D. G. Allan, L. G. Underhill, M. Herremans, A. J. Tree, V. Parker and C. J. Brown, eds. The atlas of southern African birds . Vol. 1: Non-passerines. Birdlife, Johannesburg.
19. Simmons, R. E. (2000) Harriers of the world: their behaviour and ecology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
20. Steyn, P. (1982) Birds of Prey of Southern Africa, their identification and life histories. David Philip, Cape Town.
21. van der Merwe, F. (1981) A review of the biology and status of the Black Harrier. Ostrich 52: 193-207.
22. van Wyk, E. and van Hensbergen, B. (1995) Small mammal communities of Renosterveld patches and wheatfields in the southern Cape. In A. B. Low, and F. E. Jones, eds. The sustainable use and management of Renosterveld remnants in the Cape Floristic Region. Proc. Symp. FCC Report 1995/4. Kirstenbosch, Cape Town: Flora Conservation Committee, Botanical Society of South Africa.