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dc.contributor.authorSánchez Oliver, Juan Salvador 
dc.contributor.authorRey Benayas, José María 
dc.contributor.authorCarrascal, Luis M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-11T14:15:41Z
dc.date.available2019-07-11T14:15:41Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.bibliographicCitationActa Oecologica, 2014, v. 58, n. , p. 35-43en
dc.identifier.issn1146-609X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10017/38567
dc.description.abstractAfforestation programs such as the one promoted by the EU Common Agrarian Policy have contributed to spread tree plantations on former cropland. Nevertheless these afforestations may cause severe damage to open habitat species, especially birds of high conservation value. We investigated predation of artificial bird nests at young tree plantations and at the open farmland habitat adjacent to the tree plantations in central Spain. Predation rates were very high at both tree plantations (95.6%) and open farmland habitat (94.2%) after two and three week exposure. Plantation edge/area ratio and development of the tree canopy decreased predation rates and plantation area and magpie (Pica pica) abundance increased predation rates within tree plantations, which were also affected by land use types around plantations. The area of nearby tree plantations (positive effect), distance to the tree plantation edge (negative effect), and habitat type (mainly attributable to the location of nests in vineyards) explained predation rates at open farmland habitat. We conclude that predation rates on artificial nests were particularly high and rapid at or nearby large plantations, with high numbers of magpies and low tree development, and located in homogenous landscapes dominated by herbaceous crops and pastures with no remnants of semi-natural woody vegetation. Landscape planning should not favour tree plantations as the ones studied here in Mediterranean agricultural areas that are highly valuable for ground-nesting bird species.en
dc.description.sponsorshipMinisterio de Ciencia y Educaciónes_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipComunidad de Madrides_ES
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.language.isoengen
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)en
dc.rights© 2014 Elsevieren
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en
dc.subjectArtificial nestsen
dc.subjectFarmland habitaten
dc.subjectLand use typesen
dc.subjectMagpie abundanceen
dc.subjectPine plantationsen
dc.titleLocal habitat and landscape influence high predation of bird nests on afforested Mediterranean croplanden
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleen
dc.subject.ecienciaMedio Ambientees_ES
dc.subject.ecienciaEnvironmental scienceen
dc.contributor.affiliationUniversidad de Alcalá. Departamento de Ciencias de la Vidaes_ES
dc.date.updated2019-07-11T13:24:06Z
dc.type.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionen
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.actao.2014.05.001
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CGL2010-18312/ES/RESTAURACION DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD Y LOS SERVICIOS ECOSISTEMICOS EN SISTEMAS AGRARIOS. UN ENFOQUE MULTI-ESCALA/es_ES
dc.relation.projectIDinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/CAM//S2009%2FAMB-1783/ES/Restauración y conservación de los ecosistemas madrileños: respuesta frente al cambio global/es_ES
dc.relation.projectIDFundación Internacional para la Restauración de Ecosistemases_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen
dc.identifier.uxxiAR/0000019557
dc.identifier.publicationtitleActa Oecologicaen
dc.identifier.publicationvolume58
dc.identifier.publicationlastpage43
dc.identifier.publicationfirstpage35


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