Environmental correlates of nesting success in Red-shouldered Hawks

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 648-657

  Morrison, Joan L ^a,c   McMillian, Michael ^a,d   Cohen, Jonathan B ^b   Catlin, Daniel H ^b  

^a MacArthur Agro Ecology Research Center   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE   (United States)

^d FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Florida; Nest success; Productivity; Rainfall; Raptor; Red shouldered Hawk

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; BUTEO LINEATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 34548444512     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/8374.1     Document Type: Article

References (53)

1. AKAIKE, H. 1973. Information theory and an extension of the maximum likelihood principle, p. 267-281. In B. N. Petran and F. Csaki [EDS.], International symposium on information theory. 2nd ed. Akademiai Kiadi, Budapest, Hungary.
2. BABBITT, K. J., AND G. W. TANNER. 2000. Use of temporary wetlands by anurans in a hydrologically modified landscape. Wetlands 20:313-322.
3. BANCROFT, G. T., J. C. OGDEN, AND B. W. PATTY. 1988. Colony formation and turnover relative to rainfall in the Corkscrew Swamp area of Florida during 1982 through 1985. Wilson Bulletin 100:50-59.
4. BAXTER, G. S. 1994. The influence of synchronous breeding, natal tree position and rainfall on egret nesting success. Colonial Waterbirds 17:120-129.
5. BENNETTS, R. E., M. FASOLA, H. HAFNER, AND Y. KAYSER. 2000. Influence of environmental and density-dependent factors on reproduction of Little Egrets. Auk 117:634-639.
6. BILDSTEIN, K. L., W. POST, J. JOHNSTON, AND P. FREDERICK. 1990. Freshwater wetlands, rainfall, and the breeding ecology of White Ibises in coastal South Carolina. Wilson Bulletin 102:84-98.
7. BLOOM, P. H., M. D. MCCRARY, AND M. J. GIBSON. 1993. Red-shouldered Hawk home-range and habitat use in southern California. Journal of Wildlife Management 57:258-265.
8. BOHALL, P. G., AND M. W. COLLOPY. 1984. Seasonal abundance, habitat use, and perch sites of four raptor species in north-central Florida. Journal of Field Ornithology 55:181-189.
9. BOSAKOWSKI, T., D. G. SMITH, AND R. SPEISER. 1992. Status, nesting density, and macro-habitat selection of Red-shouldered Hawks in northern New Jersey. Wilson Bulletin 104:434-446.
10. BURNHAM, K. P., AND D. R. ANDERSON. 1998. Model selection and inference: a practical information-theoretic approach. Springer-Verlag, New York.
11. CÉZILLY, F., V. BOY, R. E. GREEN, G. J. HIRONS, AND A. R. JOHNSON. 1995. Inter-annual variation in Greater Flamingo breeding success in relation to water levels. Ecology 76:20-26.
12. CHEN, E., AND J. F. GERBER. 1990. Climate, p. 11-34. In R. L. Myers and J. J. Ewel [EDS.], Ecosystems of Florida. University of Central Florida Press, Orlando, FL.
13. CRAIGHEAD, J. J., AND F. C. CRAIGHEAD JR. 1956. Hawks, owls and wildlife. Stackpole Publishing Co., Harrisburg, PA.
14. CROCOLL, S. T. 1994. Red-shouldered Hawk (Buteo lineatus). In A. Poole and F. Gill [EDS.], The birds of North America, No. 107. The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, DC.
15. CROCOLL, S. T., AND J. W. PARKER. 1989. The breeding biology of Broad-winged and Red-shouldered Hawks in western New York. Journal of Raptor Research 23:125-139.
16. DAWSON, R. D., AND G. R. BORTOLOTTI. 2000. Reproductive success of American Kestrels: the role of prev abundance and weather. Condor 102:814-822.
17. DREITZ, V. J., R. E. BENNETTS, B. TOLAND, W. M. KITCHENS, AND M. W. COLLOPY. 2001. Spatial and temporal variability in nest success of Snail Kites in Florida: a meta-analysis. Condor 103:502-509.
18. DYKSTRA, C. R., J. L. HAYS, M. M. SIMON, AND F. B. DANIEL. 2003. Behavior and prey of nesting Red-shouldered Hawks in southwestern Ohio. Journal of Raptor Research 37:177-187.
19. FLETCHER, R. J., JR., AND R. R. KOFORD. 2004. Consequences of rainfall variation for breeding wetland blackbirds. Canadian Journal of Zoology 82:1316-1325.
20. FREDERICK, P. C., AND M. W. COLLOPY. 1989. Nesting success of five Ciconiiform species in relation to water conditions in the Florida Everglades. Auk 106:625-634.
21. GARGETT, V., E. GARGETT, AND D. DAMANIA. 1995. The influence of rainfall on Black Eagle breeding over 31 years in the Matobo Hills, Zimbabwe. Ostrich 66:114-121.
22. GENDE, S. M., M. F. WILLSON, AND M. JACOBSEN. 1997. Reproductive success of Bald Eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) and its association with habitat or landscape features and weather in southeast Alaska. Canadian Journal of Zoology 75:1595-1604.
23. GRUBB, T. G., JR. 1977. Weather-dependent foraging in Ospreys. Auk 94:146-149.
24. HAFNER, H., Y. KAYSER, AND O. PINEAU. 1994. Ecological determinants of annual fluctuations in numbers of breeding Little Egrets Egretta garzetta in the Camargue, S. France. Revue Ecologie (Terre Vie) 49:53-62.
25. JOHNSON, D. H. 1979. Estimating nest success: the Mayfield method and an alternative. Auk 96:651-661.
26. KOSTRZEWA, A. 1989. The effect of weather on density and reproductive success in Honey Buzzards Pernis apivorus, p. 187-191. In B. U. Meyburg and R. D. Chancellor [EDS.], Raptors in the modern world. World Working Group Birds of Prey, Berlin.
27. KOSTRZEWA, A., AND R. KOSTRZEWA. 1990. The relationship of spring and summer weather with density and breeding performance of the Buzzard Buteo buteo, Goshawk Accipiter gentilis and Kestrel Falco tinnunculus. Ibis 132:550-559.
28. KOSTRZEWA, R., AND A. KOSTRZEWA. 1991. Winter weather, spring and summer density, and subsequent breeding success of Eurasian Kestrels, Common Buzzards and Northern Goshawks. Auk 108:342-347.
29. LACK, D. 1968. Ecological adaptations for breeding in birds. Methuen, London.
30. LLOYD, P. 1999. Rainfall as a breeding stimulus and clutch size determinant in South African arid-zone birds. Ibis 141:637-643.
31. MAYFIELD, H. F. 1961. Nesting success calculated from exposure. Wilson Bulletin 73:255-261.
32. MCLEOD, M. A., B. A. BELLEMAN, D. E. ANDERSON, AND G. W. OEHLERT. 2000. Red-shouldered Hawk nest site selection in north-central Minnesota. Wilson Bulletin 112:203-213.
33. MESHAKA, W. E. 1997. The herpetofauna of Buck Island Ranch: an altered wetland in south-central Florida. Florida Scientist 60:1-7.
34. MOORMAN, C. E., AND B. R. CHAPMAN. 1996. Nest-site selection of Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks in a managed forest. Wilson Bulletin 108:357-368.
35. MOORMAN, C. E., D. L. HOWELL, AND B. R. CHAPMAN. 1999. Nesting ecology of Red-shouldered and Red-tailed Hawks in Georgia. Journal of Raptor Research 33:248-251.
36. MORRISON, J. L. 1999. Breeding biology and productivity of Florida's Crested Caracaras. Condor 101:505-517.
37. MORRISON, S. A., AND D. T. BOLGER. 2002. Variation in a sparrow's reproductive success with rainfall: food and predator-mediated processes. Oecologia 133:315-324.
38. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION [ONLINE]. 2007. Climate data inventories. National Climatic Data Center. 〈http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/ climateinventories.html〉 (15 January 2007).
39. NEWTON, I. 1979. Population ecology of raptors. Buteo Books, Vermillion, SD.
40. NICHOLSON, D. J. 1930. Notes from Florida. Auk 57:267.
41. OGDEN, J. C., H. W. KALE II, AND S. A. NESBITT. 1980. The influence of annual variation in rainfall and water levels on nesting by Florida populations of wading birds. Transactions of the Linnean Society 9:115-126.
42. RADFORD, A. N., AND M. A. DU PLESSIS. 2003. The importance of rainfall to a cavity-nesting species. Ibis 145:692-694.
43. REDPATH, S. M., B. E. ARROYO, B. ETHERIDGE, F. LECKIE, K. BOUWMAN, AND S. J. THIRGOOD. 2002. Temperature and Hen Harrier productivity: from local mechanisms to geographical patterns. Ecography 25:533-540.
44. RIJNSDORP, A., S. DAAN, AND C. DIJKSTRA. 1981. Hunting in the Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, and the adaptive significance of daily habits. Oecologia 50:391-406.
45. SAS INSTITUTE. 2003. SAS/STAT statistical software user's guide. Version 9.1.3. SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, NC.
46. SAUER, J. R., AND B. K. WILLIAMS. 1989. Generalized procedures for testing hypotheses about survival or recovery rates. Journal of Wildlife Management 53:137-142.
47. SOUTH FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT [ONLINE]. 2007. DBHYDRO browser, environmental monitoring. 〈http://www.sfwmd.gov/site/index.php?id=38〉 (15 January 2007).
48. SPSS. 1996. SYSTAT statistical software user's guide. Version 8.0. SPSS, Inc., Chicago.
49. STEENHOF, K., M. N. KOCHERT, AND T. L. MCDONALD. 1997. Interactive effects of prey and weather on Golden Eagle reproduction. Journal of Animal Ecology 66:350-362.
50. STEWART, R. E. 1949. Ecology of a nesting Red-shouldered Hawk population. Wilson Bulletin 61:26-35.
51. STINSON, C. H. 1980. Weather-dependent foraging success and sibling aggression in Red-tailed Hawks in central Washington. Condor 82:76-80.
52. VERHULST, S., AND J. M. TINBERGEN. 1991. Experimental evidence for a causal relationship between timing and success of reproduction in the Great Tit Parus m. major. Journal of Animal Ecology 60:269-282.
53. ZANN, R. A., S. R. MORTON, K. R. JONES, AND N. T. BURLEY. 1995. The timing of breeding by Zebra Finches in relation to rainfall in central Australia. Emu 95:208-222.