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Climate and Dispersal: Black-Winged Stilts Disperse Further in Dry Springs

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dc.creator Figuerola, Jordi
dc.date 2008-03-31T09:19:04Z
dc.date 2008-03-31T09:19:04Z
dc.date 2007-06-20
dc.date.accessioned 2017-01-31T01:01:21Z
dc.date.available 2017-01-31T01:01:21Z
dc.identifier PLoS ONE. 2007; 2(6): e539
dc.identifier 1932-6203
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10261/3382
dc.identifier 10.1371/journal.pone.0000539
dc.identifier.uri http://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10261/3382
dc.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.
dc.description 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.
dc.description Peer reviewed
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dc.language eng
dc.publisher Public Library of Science
dc.relation Publisher’s version
dc.rights openAccess
dc.title Climate and Dispersal: Black-Winged Stilts Disperse Further in Dry Springs
dc.type Artículo


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