Spatial diversity in canopy height at redshank and oystercatcher nest-sites in relation to livestock Grazing

Ardea

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 105-112

  Mandema, Freek S ^a   Tinbergen, Joost M ^a   Ens, Bruno J ^b   Bakker, Jan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b SOVON DUTCH CENTRE FOR FIELD ORNITHOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biodiversity; cattle grazing; horse grazing; patchiness; salt marsh; spatial heterogeneity; vegetation structure; waders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893763595     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.101.0205     Document Type: Article

References (43)

1. Arnold G.W. 1984. Comparison of the time budgets and circadian patterns of maintenance activities in sheep, cattle and horses grouped together. Appl. Anim. Behav. Sci. 13: 19-30.
2. Bakker J.P. 1989. Nature management by grazing and cutting. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.
3. Bakker J.P., Bos D. & de Vries Y. 2003. To graze or not to graze: That is the question. In Wolff W.J., Essink K., Kellerman A. & van Leeuwe M.A. (eds) Challenges to the Wadden Sea Area. Proc. 10th International Scientific Wadden Sea Symposium. Ministry of Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries and Department of Marine Biology, University of Groningen.
4. Bakker J.P., de Leeuw J., Dijkema K.S., Leendertse P.C., Prins H.H.T. & Rozema J. 1993. Salt marshes along the coast of the Netherlands. Hydrobiologia 265: 73-95.
5. Balmer O. & Erhardt A. 2000. Consequences of succession on extensively grazed grasslands for central European butterfly communities: Rethinking conservation practices. Cons. Biol. 14: 746-757.
6. Bates D. 2006. [R] lmer; p-values and all that. https://stat. ethz.ch/pipermail/r-help/2006-May/094765.html. Accessed on 15 November 2012.
7. Bates D., Maechler M. & Bolker B. 2011. Linear mixed-effects models using S4 classes. R-package version 0.999375-42. http://CRAN.R-project.org/ package=lme4. Accessed on 15 November 2012.
8. Beintema A.J., Moedt O. & Ellinger D. 1995. Ecologische atlas van de Nederlandse weidevogels. Schuyt & Co, Haarlem, The Netherlands. Berg G., Esselink P., Groeneweg M. & Kiehl K. 1997.
9. Micropatterns in Festuca rubra-dominated salt-marsh vegetation induced by sheep grazing. Plant Ecol. 132: 1-14.
10. Bruinzeel L.W. 2006. Intermittent breeding as a cost of site fidelity. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 61: 551-556.
11. Dallinga J.H. 1993. Verspreiding en nestplaatskeuze van de Tureluur (Tringa totanus) op twee landaanwinningsvlakken in de Dollard. Stichting het Groninger Landschap, Groningen, The Netherlands.
12. Dennis P., Young M.R. & Bentley C. 2001. The effects of varied grazing management on epigeal spiders, harvestmen and pseudoscorpions of Nardus stricta grassland in upland Scotland. Agric. Ecos. Env. 86: 39-57.
13. Dijkema K.S., van Duin W.E., Dijkman E.M., Nicolai A., Jongerius H., Keegstra H., van Egmond L., Venema H.J. & Jongsma J.J. 2010. 50 jaar monitoring en beheer van de Friese en Groninger kwelderwerken: 1960-2009. Imares & Rijkswaterstaat, Texel, Buitenpost, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands.
14. Duncan P., Foose T.J., Gordon I.J., Gakahu C.G. & Lloyd M. 1990. Comparative nutrient extraction from forages by grazing bovids and equids: a test of the nutritional model of equid/bovid competition and coexistence. Oecologia 84: 411-418.
15. Ebrahimi A., Milotíc T. & Hoffmann M. 2010. A herbivore specific grazing capacity model accounting for spatio-temporal environmental variation: A tool for a more sustainable nature conservation and rangeland management. Ecol. Model. 221: 900-910.
16. ESRI Inc. 2009. ArcGIS Desktop.
17. Esselink P. 2000. Nature management of coastal salt marshes. Koeman en Bijkerk B.V. Ecologisch Onderzoek en Advies, Haren, The Netherlands.
18. Esselink P., Fresco L.F.M. & Dijkema K.S. 2002. Vegetation change in man-made salt marsh affected by a reduction in both grazing and drainage. Appl. Veg. Sci. 5: 17-32.
19. Green R.E., Hirons G.J.M. & Kirby J.S. 1990. The effectiveness of nest defence by Black-tailed Godwits Limosa limosa. Ardea 78: 405-413.
20. Heg D., Bruinzeel L.W. & Ens B.J. 2003. Fitness consequences of divorce in the Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus. Anim. Behav. 66: 175-184.
21. Holmes C.W. 1974. The Massey grass meter. In: Dairy Farmer Annual. Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, pp. 26-30.
22. Hothorn T., Bretz F. & Westfall P. 2008. Simultaneous inference in general parametric models. Biom. J. 50: 346-363.
23. Jackson D.B. 1994. Breeding dispersal and site-fidelity in three monogamous wader species in the Western Isles, UK. Ibis 136: 463-473.
24. Janis C.M., Constable E.C., Houpt K.A., Streich W.J. & Clauss M. 2010. Comparative ingestive mastication in domestic horses and cattle: a pilot investigation. J. Anim. Phys. Anim. Nutr. 94: e402-e409.
25. Koffijberg K., Dijksen L., Hälterlein B., Laursen K., Potel P. & Südbeck P. 2009. Breeding birds. Thematic report No. 8. In: Marencic H. & de Vlas J. (eds) Quality status report. Wadden Sea Ecosystem No. 25. Common Wadden Sea Secretariat, Trilateral Monitoring and Assesment Group, Wilhelmshaven, Germany.
26. Mandema F.S., Tinbergen J.M., Stahl J., Esselink P. & Bakker J.P. 2014. Habitat preference of geese is affected by livestock grazing-seasonal variation in an experimental field evaluation. Wildlife Biology.
27. Menard C., Duncan P., Fleurance G., Georges J.Y. & Lila M. 2002. Comparative foraging and nutrition of horses and cattle in European wetlands. J. Appl. Ecol. 39: 120-133.
28. Milsom T.P., Langton S.D., Parkin W.K., Peel S., Bishop J.D., Hart J.D. & Moore N.P. 2000. Habitat models of bird species' distribution: an aid to the management of coastal grazing marshes. J. Appl. Ecol. 37: 706-727.
29. Niethammer G. & von Blotzheim U.N.G. 1966. Handbuch der Vögel Mitteleuropas. Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft, Wiesbaden, Germany.
30. Norris K., Brindley E., Cook T., Babbs S., Brown C.F. & Yaxley R. 1998. Is the density of Redshank Tringa totanus nesting on salt marshes in Great Britain declining due to changes in grazing management? J. Appl. Ecol. 35: 621-634.
31. Norris K., Cook T., O'Dowd B. & Durdin C. 1997. The density of Redshank Tringa totanus breeding on the salt marshes of the Wash in relation to habitat and its grazing management. J. Appl. Ecol. 34: 999-1013.
32. Olff H. & Ritchie M.E. 1998. Effects of herbivores on grassland plant diversity. Trends Ecol. Evol. 13: 261-265.
33. R Development Core Team. 2012. R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing Vienna, Austria.
34. Rickert C., Fichtner A., van Klink R. & Bakker J.P. 2012. ?-and ?-diversity in moth communities in salt marshes is driven by grazing management. Biol. Cons. 146: 24-31.
35. Sammul M., Kauer K. & Köster T. 2012. Biomass accumulation during reed encroachment reduces efficiency of restoration of Baltic coastal grasslands. Appl. Veg. Sci. 15: 219-230.
36. Stewart K., Bourn N. & Thomas J. 2001. An evaluation of three quick methods commonly used to assess sward height in ecology. J. Appl. Ecol. 38: 1148-1154.
37. Thompson P.S. & Hale W.G. 1989. Breeding site fidelity and natal philopatry in the Redshank Tringa totanus. Ibis 131: 214-224.
38. Tichit M., Renault O. & Potter T. 2005. Grazing regime as a tool to assess positive side effects of livestock farming systems on wading birds. Livest. Prod. Sci. 96: 109-117.
39. Verhulst J., Kleijn D., Loonen W., Berendse F. & Smit C. 2011. Seasonal distribution of meadow birds in relation to in-field heterogeneity and management. Agr. Ecosyst. Environ. 142: 161-166.
40. Wallis De Vries M.F., Laca E.A. & Demment M.W. 1999. The importance of scale of patchiness for selectivity in grazing herbivores. Oecologia 121: 355-363.
41. Whittingham M.J. & Evans K.L. 2004. The effect of habitat structure on predation risk of birds in agricultural landscapes. Ibis 146 (Suppl. 2): 210-220.
42. Woodcock B.A., Pywell R.F., Roy D.B., Rose R.J. & Bell D. 2005. Grazing management of calcareous grasslands and its implications for the conservation of beetle communities. Biol. Cons. 125: 193-202.
43. Zuur A.F., Ieno E.N., Walker N.J., Saveliev A.A. & Smith G.M. 2009. Mixed Effects Models and Extensions in Ecology with R. Springer Science+Business Media, New York, NY.