Breeding habitat preferences and reproductive success of Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) in exotic Eucalyptus plantations in southwestern Europe
Authors
Rebollo de la Torre, Salvador; Pérez Camacho, Lorenzo; Fernández Pereira, José Manuel; Martínez Hesterkamp, Sara; Madrigal González, Jaime; [et al.]Date
2018Funders
Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología-CICYT
Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
REMEDINAL
Universidad de Alcalá
Bibliographic citation
Forest Ecology and Management, 2018, v. , n. 409, p. 817-825
Keywords
Biodiversity surrogate
Density trap
Mature plantation
Raptor
Smallholding forestry
Territoriality
Project
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//CGL2010-18312/ES/RESTAURACION DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD Y LOS SERVICIOS ECOSISTEMICOS EN SISTEMAS AGRARIOS. UN ENFOQUE MULTI-ESCALA/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO//CGL2014-53308-P/ES/SERVICIOS DE LA AVIFAUNA (HIGH MOBILE LINK SPECIES) EN MOSAICOS AGROFORESTALES: REGENERACION FORESTAL Y REGULACION DE PLAGAS/
S-0505/AMB/0335 and S2013/MAE2719 (REMEDINAL)
CCG2014/BIO-002 (Universidad de Alcalá)
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MICINN//BES-2008-006630/ES/BES-2008-006630/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/CAM//S2009%2FAMB-1783/ES/Restauración y conservación de los ecosistemas madrileños: respuesta frente al cambio global/
info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MEC//CGL2007-60533/ES/EFECTOS DE LA REVEGETACION (PASIVA Y ACTIVA) EN LA DINAMICA Y DIVERSIDAD DE ESPECIES LEÑOSAS Y AVES/
Document type
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Version
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Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
© 2017 Elsevier
Access rights
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Abstract
With ongoing degradation of natural forests and spread of forest plantations, plantations must play an increasinglyimportant role in biodiversity conservation. Study of habitat selection and reproductive success ofsurrogate species in plantations can guide forest management decisions for increasing biodiversity. In this paperwe studied the suitability of exotic Eucalyptus plantations managed at low intensity in northwestern Spain asbreeding habitat for Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), a top predator frequently considered a surrogatespecies in conservation.Goshawks showed high breeding density, high reproductive success and a regular spatial distribution ofnesting territories. Territoriality was the most important determinant of habitat selection. Goshawks selectedextra-mature Eucalyptus trees in areas of high structural complexity (high tree density, tree species richness, andnumber of tree strata) in the most heterogeneous forest stands (old-mixed Eucalyptus). Reproductive successdecreased with increasing local density of breeding pairs, but reproductive success was not related to structuralcharacteristics of nest stands.The studied plantations provided a suitable breeding habitat for Goshawks. The birds preferred to nest inlarge Eucalyptus trees with appropriate structure in their immediate surroundings. The strong preference ofGoshawks for structurally mature forest patches may make them useful as a surrogate species for assessing theability of forest management practices to promote overall biodiversity in exotic Eucalyptus plantations exploited at low intensity.
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