The effects of habitat structure on predation risk of birds in agricultural landscapes

By Mark J. Whittingham, K. Evans. 2004

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Subfields: Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation

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Intensified agricultural use of grasslands reduces growth and survival of precocial shorebird chicks (2013, background): “On cut meadows chicks lose their cover, but on uncut monocultures, the vegetation may be so dense that chicks are obstructed to the extent that they cannot hide successfully (Whittingham & Evans 2004; pers. obs).”
When to Run and When to Hide: The Influence of Concealment, Visibility, and Proximity to Refugia on Perceptions of Risk (2012, background): “Visibility can reduce perceptions of risk of predation by foraging animals (Brown et al. 1997; Altendorf et al. 2001; Whittingham & Evans 2004; Embar et al. 2011), presumably because sightlines increase the effectiveness of vigilance and consequently, the efficiency of foraging.”
Risk management in optimal foragers: the effect of sightlines and predator type on patch use, time allocation, and vigilance in gerbils (2011, background): “On the other, it hinders the prey ’ s ability to see an approaching predator (Lima 1987b, Whittingham and Evans 2004, Whittingham et al. 2004) or the alarm fl ight of other individuals (Harkin et al. 2000) and thereby compromises the eff ectiveness of vigilance in reducing mortality risk.”
Sexual differences in microhabitat selection of breeding little bustards Tetrax tetrax: Ecological segregation based on vegetation structure (2008, background): “…abundance and breeding success of birds, since they are related to the suitability and availability of critical resources such as food, shelter, access to mates, etc. (Rotenberry and Wiens, 1980; Donald and Vickery, 2000; Wolff et al., 2001; Whittingham and Evans, 2004; Devereux et al., 2006).”
Vulnerability of ground-nesting waterbirds to predation by invasive American mink in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile. (2009, background): “…factors like coloniality (Inman and Krebs, 1987; Siegel-Causey and Kharitonov, 1990), (ii) area-specific factors like habitat (Willson et al., 2001; Whittingham and Evans, 2004) or nest density (Ackerman et al., 2004), and (iii) site-specific factors like nest height (Martin, 1995) or nest…”
The effect of sward height and drainage on Common Starlings Sturnus vulgaris and Northern Lapwings Vanellus vanellus foraging in grassland habitats (2004, positive): “When selecting fields in which to forage, birds face choices in the trade-offs between food abundance, food accessibility and predation risk (Butler & Gillings 2004, Whittingham & Evans 2004).”
Predation in bird populations (2011, background): “In general, declines in farmland birds in the UK may be partly linked to changes in habitat quality, so that bird species cannot effectively manage their predation risk (Evans 2004; Whittingham and Evans 2004 ).”
Influence of agricultural management, sward structure and food resources on grassland field use, by birds in lowland England (2005, background): “The selection of short swards may also reflect the increased ability to detect avian predators (Whittingham & Evans 2004).”
Influence of landscape characteristics on carnivore diversity and abundance in Mediterranean farmland (2009, background): “…and potential predation effects on farmland biodiversity, involving both the direct killing of individuals and changes in their behaviour and habitat selection patterns to reduce predation risk (Whittingham and Evans, 2004; Eggers et al., 2005; Wallander et al., 2006; Sims et al., 2008).”
Ecological impacts of early 21st century agricultural change in Europe--a review. (2009, background): “Many ground-feeding birds prefer sparse or heterogeneous vegetation (for a detailed discussion and further examples, see Wilson et al. (2005), Whittingham and Evans (2004), Erd}os et al. (2009)).”
Predator detection and avoidance by starlings under differing scenarios of predation risk (2006, background): “…of how the degree of visibility affects the levels of predation risk is important in order to predict how changes in habitat structure affect patch quality and hence the distribution of individuals at local and regional scales (Butler et al., 2005; Lima, 1998; Whittingham and Evans, 2004).”
Avian visual system configuration and behavioural response to object approach (2009, neutral): “Such a delayed response to predator approach is typical of species that use ‘tall’ vegetation as protective cover (e.g. see Whittingham & Evans 2004; Butler et al. 2005; Whittingham et al. 2006), such as the mourning dove.”
Antipredator strategies of house finches: are urban habitats safe spots from predators even when humans are around? (2009, background): “We found that larger trees were present in the more urbanized habitat, which could have actually lowered the need for joining larger groups if house finches perceived vegetation as a protective cover (Lima 1990; Lazarus and Symonds 1992; Whittingham and Evans 2004).”