Predator control, mesopredator release, and impacts on brid nesting success: A field test

African Zoology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 180-186

  Lloyd, Penn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Artificial nest; Community ecology; Mesopredator release; Predation; Predator control

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; FIELD METHOD; NESTING SUCCESS; PREDATOR; PREDATOR CONTROL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PROTECTED AREA; RANGELAND; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES; SERPENTES;

EID: 35748938762     PISSN: 15627020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3377/1562-7020(2007)42[180:PCMRAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. BARNES, K. 2000. The Eskom Red Data Book of Birds of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. BirdLife South Africa, Johannesburg.
2. BOSHOFF, A.F., VERNON, C.J. & BROOKE, R.K. 1983. Historical atlas of the diurnal raptors of the Cape Province (Aves: Falconiformes). Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums (Natural History) 14: 173-297.
3. BOTHMA, J. DU P. 1971. Control and ecology of the black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) in the Transvaal. Zoologica africana 6: 187-193.
4. BRAND, D.J. 1989. The control of caracal (Caracal caracal) and baboons (Papio ursinus) in the Cape Province with the help of mechanical means. M.Sc. thesis, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
5. BRAND, D.J. 1993. The influence of behaviour on the management of black-backed jackal. Ph.D. thesis, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.
6. BROADLEY, D.G. 1983. FitzSimmons' Snakes of Southern Africa. Delta Books, Johannesburg.
7. BURKE, D.M., ELLIOTT, K., MOORE, L., DUNFORD, W., NOL, E., PHILLIPS, J., HOLMES, S. & FREEMARK, K. 2004. Patterns of nest predation on artificial and natural nests in forests. Conservation Biology 18: 381-388.
8. CLUTTON-BROCK, T.H., GAYNOR, D., MACILRATH, G.M., MACCOLL, A.D.C., KANSKY, R., CHADWICK, P., MANSER, M., SKINNER, J.D. & BROTHERTON, P.N.M. 1999. Predation, group size and mortality in a co-operative mongoose, Suricata suricatta. Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 672-683.
9. COURCHAMP, F., LANGLAIS, M. & SUGIHARA, G. 1999. Cats protecting birds: modelling the mesopredator release effect. Journal of Animal Ecology 68: 282-292.
10. CROOKS, KR. & SOULÉ, M.E., 1999. Mesopredator release and avifaunal extinctions in a fragmented system. Nature 400: 563-566.
11. DONCASTER, C.P. 1992. Testing the role of intraguild predation in regulating hedgehog populations. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 249: 113-117.
12. FAABORG, J., 2004. Truly artificial nest studies. Conservation Biology 18: 369-370.
13. HENKE, S.E. & BRYANT, F.C. 1999. Effects of coyote removal on the faunal community in western Texas. Journal of Wildlife Management 63: 1066-1081.
14. HOCKEY, P.A.R., ROBERTS, A., DEAN, W.R.J. & RYAN, P.G. (eds) 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa, 7th edn. Trustees of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Cape Town, South Africa.
15. JOHNSON, C.N., ISAAC, J.L. & FISHER, D.O. 2007. Rarity of a top predator triggers continent-wide collapse of mammal prey: dingoes and marsupials in Australia. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 274: 341-346.
16. JOUBERT, E., MOSBACH, D. & WALLIS, V. 1982. The 1982 Distribution Patterns and Status of Some Mammals on Farms in South West Africa. Ministry of Wildlife Conservation and Tourism, Windhoek, Namibia.
17. KING, D.I., DEGRAAF, R.M. & GRIFFIN, C.R. 1999. Do predation rates on artificial nests accurately reflect predation rates on natural bird nests? Journal of Field Ornithology 70: 257-262.
18. LEPAGE, D. & LLOYD, P. 2004. Avian clutch size in relation to rainfall seasonality and stochasticity along an aridity gradient across South Africa. Ostrich 75: 259-268.
19. LINDSTRÖM, E.R., BRAINERD, S.M., HELLDIN, J.O. & OVERSKAUG, K. 1995. Pine marten-red fox interactions: a case of intraguild predation? Annales Zoologici Fennici 32: 123-130.
20. LITVAITIS, J.A. & VILLAFUERTE, R. 1996. Intraguild predation, mesopredator release, and prey stability. Conservation Biology 10: 676-677.
21. LLOYD, P. 1999. Rainfall as a breeding stimulus and clutch size determinant in South African arid-zone birds. Ibis 141: 637-643.
22. LLOYD, P. 2004. Variation in nest predation among arid-zone birds. Ostrich 75: 229-235.
23. LLOYD, P., LITTLE, R.M. & CROWE, T.M. 2001. The breeding biology of the Namaqua sandgrouse. Ostrich 72: 169-178.
24. LLOYD, P., PLAGÁNYI, É.E., LEPAGE, D., LITTLE, R.M. & CROWE, T.M. 2000. Nest site selection, egg pigmentation and clutch predation in the groundnesting Namaqua sandgrouse. Ibis 142: 123-131.
25. MACLEAN, G.L. 1967. The breeding biology and behaviour of the double-banded courser Rhinoptilus africanus (Temminck). Ibis 109: 556-569.
26. MACLEAN, G.L. 1968. Field studies on the sandgrouse of the Kalahari Desert. Living Bird 7: 209-235.
27. MACLEAN, G.L. 1970a. The breeding seasons of birds in the south-western Kalahari. Ostrich Supplement 8: 179-192.
28. MACLEAN, G.L., 1970b. The biology of the larks (Alaudidae) of the Kalahari sandveld. Zoologica africana 5: 7-39.
29. MAJOR, R.E. & KENDAL, C.E. 1996. The contribution of artificial nest experiments to understanding avian reproductive success: a review of the methods and conclusions. Ibis 138: 298-307.
30. MAYFIELD, H.E. 1975. Suggestions for calculating nest success. Wilson Bulletin 87: 456-466.
31. MOORE, R.P. & ROBINSON, W.D. 2004. Artificial bird nests, external validity, and bias in ecological field studies. Ecology 85: 1562-1567.
32. PALOMARES, F., FERRERAS, P., FEDRIANI, J.M. & DELIBES, M. 1996. Spatial relationships between Iberian lynx and other carnivores in an area of south-western Spain. Journal of Applied Ecology 33: 5-13.
33. PALOMARES, F., GAONA, P., FERRERAS, P. & DELIBES, M. 1995. Positive effects on game species of top predators by controlling smaller predator populations: an example with lynx, mongooses, and rabbits. Conservation Biology 9: 295-305.
34. ROGERS, C.M. & CARO, M.J. 1998. Song sparrows, top carnivores, and nest predation: a test of the mesopredator release hypothesis. Oecologia 116: 227-233.
35. ROWE-ROWE, D.T. & GREEN, B. 1981. Steel-jawed traps for live capture of black-backed jackals. South African Journal of Wildlife Research 11: 63-65.
36. SMITHERS, R.H.N., 1983. The Mammals of the Southern African Subregion. University of Pretoria, Pretoria.
37. SOVADA, M.A., SARGEANT, A.B. & GRIER, J.W. 1995. Differential effects of coyotes and red foxes on duck nest success. Journal of Wildlife Management 59: 1-9.
38. STUART, C.T. 1982. Aspects of the biology of the caracal (Caracal caracal) in the Cape Province, South Africa. M.Sc. thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
39. VICKERY, P.D., HUNTER, M.L. JR. & WELLS, J.V. 1992. Evidence of incidental nest predation and its effects on nests of threatened grassland birds. Oikos 63: 281-288.
40. YODZIS, P. 1998. Local trophodynamics and the interaction of marine mammals and fisheries in the Benguela ecosystem. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 635-658.