Potential misuse of avian density as a conservation metric;Potencial Mal Uso de la Densidad de Aves como un Indicador de Conservación

Conservation Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 48-55

  Skagen, Susan K ^a   Yackel Adams, Amy A ^a  

^a FORT COLLINS SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Avian density; Density dependence; Habitat quality; Per capita fecundity; Population growth rate

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; FECUNDITY; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; FERTILITY; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

AVES;

EID: 78751664470     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01571.x     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Allee, W. C. 1931. Animal aggregations, a study in general sociology. University of Chicago Press, Chicago
2. Allee, W. C., A. E. Emerson, O. Park, T. Park, and K. P. Schmidt 1949. Principles of animal ecology. W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia
3. Andrewartha, H. G., and L. C. Birch 1954. The distribution and abundance of animals. Chicago University Press, Chicago
4. Arlt, D., and T. Pärt 2007. Nonideal breeding habitat selection: a mismatch between preference and fitness. Ecology 88:792-801.
5. Bauchinger, U., T. Van't Hof, and H. Biebach 2009. Food availability during migratory stopover affects testis growth and reproductive behavior in a migratory passerine. Hormones and Behavior 55:425-433.
6. Beutel, T. S., R. J. S. Beeton, and G. S. Baxter 1999. Building better wildlife-habitat models. Ecography 22:219-223.
7. Bock, C. E., and O{ogonek}. F. Jones 2004. Avian habitat evaluation: should counting birds count? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2:403-410.
8. Boulinier, T., and E. Danchin 1997. The use of conspecific reproductive success for breeding patch selection in terrestrial migratory species. Evolutionary Ecology 11:505-517.
9. Brook, B. W., and C. J. A. Bradshaw 2006. Strength of evidence for density dependence in abundance time series of 1198 species. Ecology 87:1445-1451.
10. Danchin, E., and R. H. Wagner 1997. The evolution of coloniality: the emergence of new perspectives. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12:342-347.
11. Danchin, E., L. A. Giraldeau, T. J. Valone, and R. H. Wagner 2004. Public information: from nosy neighbors to cultural evolution. Science 305:487-491.
12. DeBach, P., and H. S. Smith 1947. Effects of parasite population density on rate of change of host and parasite populations. Ecology 28:290-298.
13. Dunn, E. 1977. Predation by weasels (Mustela nivalis) on breeding tits (Parus spp.) in relation to the density of tits and rodents. Journal of Animal Ecology 46:633-652.
14. Dwernychuk, L. W., and D. A. Boag 1972. Ducks nesting in association with gulls: an ecological trap? Canadian Journal of O{ogonek}oology 50:559-563.
15. Fretwell, S. D. 1972. Populations in a seasonal environment. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey
16. Fretwell, S. D., and H. L. Lucas Jr. 1969. On territorial behavior and other factors influencing habitat distribution in birds. I. Theoretical development. Acta Biotheoretica 19:16-36.
17. Gates, J. E., and L. W. Gysel 1978. Avian nest dispersion and fledging success in field-forest ecotones. Ecology 59:871-883.
18. Gilroy, J. J., and W. J. Sutherland 2007. Beyond ecological traps: perceptual errors and undervalued resources. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 22:351-356.
19. Hanski, I. 1985. Single-species spatial dynamics may contribute to long-term rarity and commonness. Ecology 66:335-343.
20. Hanski, I. 1989. Metapopulation dynamics: does it help to have more of the same? Trends in Ecology & Evolution 4:113-114.
21. Hoi, H., and M. Hoi-Leitner 1997. An alternative route to coloniality in the bearded tit: females pursue extra-pair fertilizations. Behavioral Ecology 8:113-119.
22. Howard, R. D. 1979. Estimating reproductive success in natural populations. The American Naturalist 114:221-231.
23. Hutchinson, G. E. 1957. Concluding remarks. Cold Springs Harbor Symposium Quantitative Biology 22:415-427.
24. Johnson, M. D. 2007. Measuring habitat quality: a review. Condor 109:489-504.
25. Kennedy, M., and R. Gray 1993. Can ecological theory predict the distribution of foraging animals? A critical analysis of experiments on the Ideal Free Distribution. Oikos 68:158-166.
26. Krebs, J. R. 1971. Territory and breeding density in the great tit, Parus major L. Ecology 52:1-22.
27. Kristan, W. B. 2003. The role of habitat selection behaviour in population dynamics: source-sink systems and ecological traps. Oikos 103:457-468.
28. Lack, D. 1954. The natural regulation of animal numbers. Oxford University Press, London
29. Lack, D. 1968. Ecological adaptations for breeding in birds. Chapman and Hall, London
30. Levins, R. 1969. Some demographic and genetic consequences of environmental heterogeneity for biological control. Bulletin of the Entomological Society of America 15:237-240.
31. Marra, P. P., K. A. Hobson, and R. T. Holmes 1998. Linking winter and summer events in a migratory bird by using stable-carbon isotopes. Science 282:1884-1886.
32. Martin, T. E. 1988. Processes organizing open-nesting bird assemblages: competition or nest predation? Evolutionary Ecology 2:37-50.
33. Morrison, R. I. G., N. C. Davidson, and J. R. Wilson 2007. Survival of the fattest: body stores on migration and survival in red knots Calidris canutus islandica. Journal of Avian Biology 38:479-487.
34. Morton, E. S, I. Forman, and M. Braun 1990. Extrapair fertilization and the evolution of colonial breeding in Purple Martins. Auk 107:275-283.
35. Newton, I. ed. 1989. Lifetime reproduction in birds. Academic Press, London
36. Newton, I. 1995. The contribution of some recent research on birds to ecological understanding. Journal of Animal Ecology 64:675-695.
37. Norris, D. R., and P. P. Marra 2007. Seasonal interactions, habitat quality, and population dynamics in migratory birds. Condor 109:535-547.
38. Parejo, D., J. White, J. Clobert, A. Dreiss, and E. Danchin 2007. Blue Tits use fledgling quantity and quality as public information in breeding site choice. Ecology 88:2373-2382.
39. Pulliam, H. R. 2000. On the relationship between niche and distribution. Ecology Letters 3:349-361.
40. Ratikainen, I. I., J. A. Gill, T. G. Gunnarsson, W. J. Sutherland, and H. Kokko 2008. When density dependence is not instantaneous: theoretical developments and management implications. Ecology Letters 11:184-198.
41. Robertson, B. A., and R. L. Hutto 2006. A framework for understanding ecological traps and an evaluation of existing evidence. Ecology 87:1075-1085.
42. Rodenhouse, N. L., T. S. Sillett, P. J. Doran, and R. T. Holmes 2003. Multiple density-dependence mechanisms regulate a migratory bird population during the breeding season. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 270:105-2110.
43. Rolland, C., E. Danchin, and M. de Fraipont 1998. The evolution of coloniality in birds in relation to food, habitat, predation, and life-history traits: a comparative analysis. The American Naturalist 151:514-529.
44. Rotella, J. J., S. J. Dinsmore, and T. L. Shaffer 2004. Modeling nest-survival data: a comparison of recently developed methods that can be implemented in MARK and SAS. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation 27:187-204.
45. Scott, J. M., P. J. Heglund, M. L. Morrison, J. B. Haufler, M. G. Raphael, W. A. Wall, and F. B. Samson, editors. 2002. Predicting species occurrences: issues of accuracy and scale. Island Press, Washington, D.C.
46. Schlaepfer, M. A., M. C. Runge, and P. W. Sherman 2002. Ecological and evolutionary traps. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 17:474-480.
47. Schmidt, K. A. 1999. Foraging theory as a conceptual framework for studying nest predation. Oikos 85:151-159.
48. Sillett, T. S., R. T. Holmes, and T. W. Sherry 2000. Impacts of a global climate cycle on population dynamics of a migratory songbird. Science 288:2040-2042.
49. Skagen, S. K., and A. A. Yackel Adams 2010. Are there optimal densities for prairie birds? Condor 112:8-14.
50. Soberon, J. 2007. Grinnellian and Eltonian niches and geographic distributions of species. Ecology Letters 10:1115-1123.
51. Solomon, M. E. 1949. The natural control of animal populations. Journal of Animal Ecology 18:1-35.
52. Sorensen, M. C., J. M. Hipfner, T. K. Kyser, and D. R. Norris 2009. Carry-over effects in a Pacific seabird: stable isotope evidence that pre-breeding diet quality influences reproductive success. Journal of Animal Ecology 78:460-467.
53. Stamps, J. A. 1986. Conspecific attraction and aggregation in territorial species. The American Naturalist 131:329-347.
54. Stephens, P. A., and W. J. Sutherland 1999. Consequences of the Allee effect for behaviour, ecology and conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 14:401-405.
55. Sutherland, W. J. 1983. Aggregation and the 'ideal free' distribution. Journal of Animal Ecology 52:821-828.
56. Thompson, F. R. 2007. Factors affecting nest predation on forest songbirds in North America. Ibis 149:98-109.
57. Turchin, P. 1999. Population regulation: a synthetic view. Oikos 84:153-159.
58. U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Monitoring Subcommittee. 2007. Opportunities for improving avian monitoring. U.S. North American Bird Conservation Initiative Report, Division of Migratory Bird Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Arlington, Virginia Available from (accessed December 2009).
59. Van Horne, B. 1983. Density as a misleading indicator of habitat quality. Journal of Wildlife Management 43:893-901.
60. Williams, B. K., J. D. Nichols, and M. J. Conroy 2002. Analysis and management of animal populations. Academic Press, San Diego