The diet of Montagu's Harriers Circus pygargus in relation to land-use systems in pseudosteppe areas of Extremadura (SW Iberian Peninsula);La alimentación del aguilucho cenizo Circus pygargus en relación a los usos del suelo en áreas pseudoestepäricas de extremadura (SO Península Ibérica)

Ardeola

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-19

  Corbacho, Casimiro ^a   Morán, Ricardo ^b   Villegas, María A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Circus pygargus; Diet; Land use systems; Mediterranean agrosystems; Montagu's harrier; Prey categories; SW Iberian Peninsula

Indexed keywords

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 27744468049     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (45)

1. ARROYO, B. E. 1997. Diet of Montagu's Harrier Circus pygargus in central Spain: analysis of temporal and geographical variation. Ibis, 139: 664-672.
2. ARROYO, B. E. 1998. Effect of diet on the reproductive success of Montagu's Harriers Circus pygargus. Ibis, 140: 690-693.
3. ARROYO, B. E., GARCÍA, J. T. & BRETAGNOLLE, V. 2002. Conservation of Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus in agricultural areas. Animal Conservation, 5: 283-290.
4. ARROYO, B. E. 2002. Fledgling sex ratio variation and future reproduction probability in Montagu's harrier, Circus pygargus. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 52: 109-116.
5. BERNIS, F. 1974. Algunos datos de alimentación y depredación de Falconiformes y Estrigiformes ibéricos. Ardeola, 19: 225-248.
6. BUTET, A. & LEROUX, A. B. A. 1993. Effect of prey on a predator's breeding success. A 7-year study on common vole (Microtus arvalis) and Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) in a West France marsh. Acta Oecologica, 14: 857-865.
7. BUTET, A. & LEROUX, A. B. A. 1999. Effect of agriculture development on vole dynamics and conservation of Montagu's harrier in western France wetlands. Biological Conservation, 100: 289-295.
8. CASTROVIEJO, J. 1968. Sobre paso y alimentación de Aguilucho cenizo (Circus pygargus) en el NO de España. Ardeola, 14: 216-217.
9. CLARKE, R. 1996. Montagu's harrier. Arlequín press.
10. CORBACHO, C., MUÑOZ, A., & BARTOLOMÉ, P. 1995. Espectro trófico del Aguilucho cenizo (Circus pygargus) en Extremadura. Alytes, VII: 441-448.
11. CORBACHO, C., SÁNCHEZ, J. M., & SÁNCHEZ, A. 1997. Breeding biology of Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) L. in agricultural environments of southwest Spain; comparison with other populations in the western Paleartic. Bird Study, 44: 166-175.
12. CORBACHO, C., SÁNCHEZ, J. M. & SÁNCHEZ, A. 1999. Effectiveness of conservation measures on Montagu's harrier in agricultural areas of Spain. Journal of Raptor Research, 33: 117-122.
13. CORBACHO, C., & SÁNCHEZ, J. M. 1999. Clutch size and egg size in the breeding strategy of Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus in a Mediterranean area. Bird Study, 47: 245-248.
14. CORBACHO, C., CORBACHO, P. & VILLEGAS, M. A. 2003. Alimentación del Aguilucho cenizo (Circus pygargus) en la comarca de La Serena. Pygargus, II: 53-62.
15. CORBACHO, C., COSTILLO, E. & ACEDO, F. 2004. Density of bird communities in pseudosteppes habitats of Mediterranean areas (Extremadura, SW spain): Agricultural vs. Livestock systems. International Symposium on Ecology and Conservation of Steppe-Land Birds. Lleida, Spain.
16. CORMIER, J. P. & BAILLON, F. 1991. Concentration des Busard cendres (Circus pygargus L.) dans la región de M'Bour (Sénégal) durant Fhiver 1988-1989: Utilisation de milieu et régime alimentaire. Alauda, 59: 163-168.
17. CRAMP, S. 1988. The complete Birds of the Western Palaearctic. Oxford University Press. 3 CDs.
18. FRANCO, A., MALICO, I., MARTINS, H. & SARMENTO, N. 1998. Alguns dados sobre a alimentaçao de Tartaranhao-caçador Circus pygargus em Castro Verde. Airo, 9: 48-52.
19. FRANCO, A. M. A. & SUTHERLAND, W. J. 2004. Modelling the foraging habitat selection of lesser kestrel: conservation implications of European Agricultural Policies. Biological Conservation, 120: 63-74.
20. GARCÍA, J. T. & ARROYO, B. E. 2001. Effect of abiotic factors on reproduction in the centre and periphery of breeding ranges: a comparative análisis in sympatric harriers. Ecography, 24: 393-402.
21. GARCÍA, J. T. & ARROYO, B. E. 2005. Food-niche differentiation in sympatric Hen harriers Circus cyaneus and Montagu's harriers Circus pygargus. Ibis, 147: 144-154.
22. GARZÓN, J. 1974. Contribución al estudio, status, alimentación y protección de las Falconiformes en España Central. Ardeola, 19: 279-330.
23. GIACCHINI, P., HEDGES, C. & PANDOLFI, M. 1995. Feeding activity and diet of Montagu's harrier (Circus pygargus) in central Italy. Ricerche di Biologia della Selvaggina, 22: 245-248.
24. HIRALDO, F, FERNÁNDEZ, F. & AMORES, F. 1975. Diet of the Montagu's harriers (Circus pygargus) in southwestern Spain. Doñana, Acta Vertebrata, 2: 25-55.
25. MAGURRAN, A. E. 1988. Diversidad ecológica y su medición. Editorial Vedrà, Barcelona.
26. MARTÍNEZ, J. A., LÓPEZ, G., FALCÓ, F., CAMPO, A. & DE LA VEGA, A. 1999. Habitat de caza y nidificación del Aguilucho cenizo (Circus pygargus) en el P.N. de la Mata-Torrevieja (Alicante, SE España): Efecto de la estructura de la vegetaciõn y de la densidad de presas. Ardeola, 46: 205-212.
27. MILLÁN DE LA PEÑA, N., BUTET, A., DELETTRE, Y., PAILLAT, G., MORANT, P., LE DU, L. & BUREL, F. 2003. Response of the small mammal community to changes in western French agricultural landscapes. Landscape Ecology, 18: 265-278.
28. MILLON, A., BOURRIOUX, J. L., RIOLS, C. & BRETAGNOLLE, V. 2002. Comparative breeding biology of Hen harrier and Montagu's harrier: an 8-year study in north-eastern France. Ibis, 144: 94-105.
29. NEWTON, I. 1979. Population Ecology of Raptors. T & AD Poyser, London.
30. PANDOLFI, M. & GIACCHINI, P. 1990. Cleptoparassitismo di jeunes in Albanella minore (Circus puygargus). Avocetta, 14: 74-75.
31. PÉREZ CHISCANO, J. L. 1974. Sumario-informe sobre alimentación de rapaces en el NE de la provincia de Badajoz. Ardeola, 19: 331-336.
32. REDPATH, S. M., CLARKE, R., MADDERS, M. & THIRGOOD, S. J. 2001. Assesing raptor diet: comparing pellets, prey remains, and observational data at the Hen Harrier nests. The Condor, 103: 184-188.
33. REDPATH, S. M., THIRGOOD, S. J. & CLARKE, R. 2002. Field vole Microtus agrestis abundance and Hen harrier Circus cyaneus diet and breeding in Scotland. Ibis, 144: 33-38.
34. REIS, S., FRAGOSO, S., MALICO, I., SARMENTO, N. & FRANCO, A. 1998. Alimentaçao do Tartaranhao caçador (Circus pygargus) na regiao do Castro Verde em 1997. Reunión Ibérica de Aguiluchos. Évora, Portugal.
35. SALAMOLARD, M., BUTET, A., LEROUX, A. & BRETAGNOLLE, V. 2000. Responses of an avian predator to variations in prey density at a temperate latitude. Ecology, 81: 2428-2441.
36. SÁNCHEZ-ZAPATA, J. A. & CALVO, J. F.. 1998. Importance of birds and potential bias in food habit studies of Montagu's harriers (Circus pygargus) in southeastern Spain. Journal of Raptor Research, 32: 254-256.
37. SCHIPPER, W. J. A. 1973. A comparison of prey selection in sympatric harriers (Circus) in westem Europe. Le Gerfaut, 63: 17-120.
38. SCHIPPER, W. J. A. 1977. Hunting in three european harriers (Circus) during the breeding season. Ardea, 65: 56-72.
39. SIMMONS, R. E., AVERY, D. M. & AVERY, G. 1991. Biases in diets determined from pellets and remains: correction factors for a mammal and bird-eating raptor. Journal of Raptor Research, 25: 63-67.
40. SIMMONS, R. 2000. Harriers of the World. Their behaviour and Ecology. Oxford University Press.
41. TELLERÍA, J. L. 1986. Manual para el censo de los Vertebrados terrestres. Editorial Raíces, Madrid.
42. THIOLLAY, J. M. 1968. La pression de predation estivale du Busar cendré (Circus pygargus) sur les populations de Microtus arvalis en Vendée. La Terre et Vie, 114: 321326.
43. UNDERHILL-DAY, J. C. 1993. The foods and feeding rates of Montagus harrier (Circus pygargus) breeding rate in arable farmiand. Bird Study, 40: 74-80.
44. WALDHARDT, R. 2003. Biodiversity and landscape-summary, conclusions and perspectives. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 98: 305-309.
45. ZAR, J. 1996. Biostatistical Analysis. Ed. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ.