Title:

The influence of landscape structure on white stork's Ciconia ciconia nest distribution

Subtitle:

Acta Ornithologica, vol. 35, no. 1 ; Wpływ struktury krajobrazu na rozmieszczenie gniazd bociana białego ; White stork's nest distribution and landscape structure

Creator:

Latus, Claudia ; Kujawa, Krzysztof ; Glemnitz, Michael

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii ; Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union (2 ; 1999 ; Gdańsk)

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2000

Description:

Referat wygłoszony na Second Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union ; Bibliogr. p. 101 ; P. [97]-102 : ill. ; 27 cm ; Abstract in Polish

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

White Stork ; Germany ; Brandenburg ; congresses ; habitat preference ; landscape structure ; storks ; birds ; Ciconia ciconia ; Ciconiidae ; Aves

Abstract:

The analyses were carried out for the Märkisch-Oderland-district (660 km2) in East Germany (near Oder river) where the density of breeding pairs reached 4 per 100 km2. The landscape structure was investigated within a 1 km radius of nesting locations ("breeding sites") and randomly selected points in the villages without stork nests ("control sites"). The landscape structure (habitat proportions, Shannon's diversity index H', density of edges, etc.) was measured by evaluating aerial photographs (1:10000). The land-use of "breeding sites" was characterised by a higher proportion of grasslands and inshore waters as well as by a significantly higher value of H'- 1.37 compared to 0.95 for "control sites". Storks clearly preferred more differentiated landscapes - 80% of "breeding sites" were localised in very high diversity classes (0.81-1.7), while 80% of "control sites" were in much lower diversity classes (0.21-0.8). Also grasslands were found to have a strong influence - storks preferred more grasslands in landscape. In addition, White Storks most frequently built up their nests in the moderately fragmented areas.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

35

Issue:

1

Start page:

97

End page:

102

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257, Vol. 35, No 1 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568, Vol. 35, No 1 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng ; pol

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:

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

Access:

Closed