Title:

Habitat preferences of foraging rooks Corvus frugilegus during the breeding period in the agricultural landscape of eastern Poland

Subtitle:

Acta Ornithologica, vol. 38, no. 1 ; Preferencje żerowiskowe gawrona w okresie lęgowym w krajobrazie rolniczym wschodniej Polski ; Habitat preferences of foraging rooks

Creator:

Kasprzykowski, Zbigniew

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii

Publisher:

Museum & Institute of Zoology

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2003

Description:

Bibliogr. p. 30 ; P. [27]-31 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Abstract in Polish. Taxa in Latin

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Rook ; birds ; Poland ; Siedlce ; foraging preferences ; agricultural landscape ; Corvus frugilegus ; Corvidae ; Aves ; 2000-2002

Abstract:

The study was carried out in 2000-2002 around 6 rookeries. Rooks foraged in numbers from 1 to 132 birds (n = 417); flocks of less than 10 individuals were dominant. The type of crop influenced the size of a foraging flock. Most of the rooks were recorded within 0.5-1 km of the rookery, while the greatest distance of a foraging ground from the rookery (>> = 2833.3 m) depended on the size of that rookery. Spring corn, meadows and pastureland were of the greatest significance in the rooks’ foraging area. Winter corn and root crops were avoided, while wasteland areas were visited intermittently.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

38

Issue:

1

Start page:

27

End page:

31

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257-38-1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568-38-1 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Restricted Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. Access only on terminals at the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences, may be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms.

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Projects co-financed by:

European Union. European Regional Development Fund ; Programme Innovative Economy, 2010-2014, Priority Axis 2. R&D infrastructure

Access:

Closed