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http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3382| Title: | Climate and Dispersal: Black-Winged Stilts Disperse Further in Dry Springs |
| Publisher: | Public Library of Science |
| Description: | Climate affects the abundance and distribution of many species of wildlife. Nevertheless, the potential effects of climate on
dispersive behaviour remain unstudied. Here, I combine data from (i) a long-term Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
monitoring program, (ii) a capture-recapture marking program in Doñana, and (iii) reports from the Rare Birds Committee in
the United Kingdom to analyse at different geographical scales the relationship between climate, survival, philopatry, and
dispersive behaviour. Black-winged Stilt populations varied in size in consonance with changes in both the North Atlantic
Oscillation (NAO) and local rainfall during the breeding season. Changes in population size are related to changes in philopatry
and increases in dispersal beyond the traditional range of the species. The results indicate that climatic conditions influence
the dispersive behaviour of individual birds, explaining rapid changes in the local population of this species breeding in
unstable Mediterranean wetlands. The Junta de Andalucía funded this study via the project contract ‘Las aves acuáticas de Don˜ ana y el cultivo del arroz: la interacción entre la agricultura y la conservación de las zonas húmedas’. The Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology provides support for my research with a Ramón y Cajal contract for young researchers. Peer reviewed |
| URI: | http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3382 |
| Other Identifiers: | PLoS ONE. 2007; 2(6): e539 1932-6203 http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3382 10.1371/journal.pone.0000539 |
| Appears in Collections: | Digital Csic |
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