Knowledge Resource Center for Ecological Environment in Arid Area
DOI | 10.3184/175815617X15063340995365 |
The relationship between weather and reproduction of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in a semi-arid agricultural landscape in Israel | |
Charter, Motti1,2,3; Izhaki, Ido2; Meyrom, Kobi3; Aviel, Shauli3; Leshem, Yossi3,4; Roulin, Alexandre5 | |
通讯作者 | Charter, Motti |
来源期刊 | AVIAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH |
ISSN | 1758-1559 |
EISSN | 1758-1567 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 10期号:4页码:253-258 |
英文摘要 | Even though the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is distributed worldwide, little information is available on how weather affects Barn Owl breeding outside of Europe and North America. For instance, if cold temperatures can negatively influence population dynamics in temperate regions, heat could have a similar negative effect in arid regions. We have studied a breeding population of Barn Owls in a semi-arid agricultural environment over 13 years in Israel in order to determine whether lack of rain and hot ambient temperatures impair Barn Owl reproductive success. The percentage of nest boxes occupied by Barn Owls was not related to any of the weather variables, whereas the number of nestlings per Barn Owl pair and the percentage of pairs that succeeded to fledge young was lower in years when it started to rain later in the season and when the minimum daily temperature was higher during the breeding season. In comparison to temperate regions, heat is detrimental to Barn Owl breeding and early precipitation is probably important in boosting vegetation and, in turn, the abundance of small mammals, the Barn Owl’s staple food. |
英文关键词 | breeding biology agriculture rain temperature biological pest control Israel weather |
类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Israel ; Switzerland |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000423603700007 |
WOS关键词 | POPULATION-DYNAMICS ; BREEDING BIOLOGY ; SPOTTED OWLS ; SUCCESS ; RODENT ; WINTER ; DIET ; FLUCTUATIONS ; RAINFALL ; HABITAT |
WOS类目 | Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science ; Ornithology ; Zoology |
WOS研究方向 | Agriculture ; Zoology |
资源类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/197755 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Haifa, Shamir Res Inst, Katzrin, Israel; 2.Univ Haifa, Dept Evolutionary & Environm Biol, IL-31905 Haifa, Israel; 3.Israel Natl Barn Owl Project, Soc Protect Nat Israel, 2 HaNegev St, IL-66186 Tel Aviv, Israel; 4.Tel Aviv Univ, Zool Dept, IL-69978 Tel Aviv, Israel; 5.Univ Lausanne, Dept Ecol & Evolut, Biophore, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Charter, Motti,Izhaki, Ido,Meyrom, Kobi,et al. The relationship between weather and reproduction of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in a semi-arid agricultural landscape in Israel[J],2017,10(4):253-258. |
APA | Charter, Motti,Izhaki, Ido,Meyrom, Kobi,Aviel, Shauli,Leshem, Yossi,&Roulin, Alexandre.(2017).The relationship between weather and reproduction of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in a semi-arid agricultural landscape in Israel.AVIAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH,10(4),253-258. |
MLA | Charter, Motti,et al."The relationship between weather and reproduction of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in a semi-arid agricultural landscape in Israel".AVIAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH 10.4(2017):253-258. |
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