干旱区生态环境知识资源中心(Arid): Local climate conditions impact on breeding performance of house martin (Delichon urbica) populations in Algeria

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DOI	10.2478/s11756-020-00666-w
	Local climate conditions impact on breeding performance of house martin (Delichon urbica) populations in Algeria
	Brahmia, Hafid; Elafri, Ali; Halassi, Ismahen; Khemis, Mohamed Dhaya El-Hak
通讯作者	Elafri, A (corresponding author), Univ Abbes Laghror, Fac Sci Nat & Vie, Khenchela, Algeria.
来源期刊	BIOLOGIA
ISSN	0006-3088
EISSN	1336-9563
出版年	2021
卷号	76 期号:6 页码:1715-1725
英文摘要	The Mediterranean climate of North Africa encompasses an interesting variety of sub-climates, from humid and sub-humid to semi-arid and arid. Such variability may provide vital insights into mechanisms that drive species distribution and offered us an ideal opportunity to test phenotypic variations along gradients. We aim in this study to investigate the breeding behaviour of house martin Delichon urbica (Linnaeus, 1758) populations along regional climatic gradients in north-eastern Algeria. During two consecutive breeding seasons (2016-2017), nine field sites (328 active nests) belonging to three different sub-climates: humid, sub-humid, and semi-arid were surveyed regularly from March to August. We used generalized linear models to test the relevance of local climate and several ecological variables on laying reproductive output. Laying dates were positively correlated with climate condition (GOF = 0.42), the semi-arid climate creating appropriate conditions for advancing the laying process, whereas sub-humid and humid climate delayed it. Clutch-size and number of chicks hatched per nest were affected by local climate conditions; they were greater in humid areas than in sub-humid and semi-arid ones. The other non-climatic variables as brood order, laying date, distance to fields, and distance to water were not significant. The spatial analysis around nest sites of house martins also showed that dense vegetation cover and reduced urbanization levels may be potential predictors of breeding behaviour. Nest sites located in humid areas with dense vegetation cover, and low urbanization levels that characterize the surrounding landscape provide high-breeding success rate to this species if compared to sub-humid and semi-arid areas. These findings can be a useful indicator of environmental change in a country that is already experiencing severe drought stresses, uncontrolled urbanization, and high deforestation rates.
英文关键词	Climatic gradients Breeding success Semi-arid Vegetation cover Urbanization
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000609143400001
WOS类目	Biology
WOS研究方向	Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/349696
作者单位	[Brahmia, Hafid] Ctr Univ Abdelhafid Boussouf, Mila, Algeria; [Elafri, Ali; Halassi, Ismahen] Univ Abbes Laghror, Fac Sci Nat & Vie, Khenchela, Algeria; [Khemis, Mohamed Dhaya El-Hak] Univ Badji Mokhtar, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, Annaba, Algeria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Brahmia, Hafid,Elafri, Ali,Halassi, Ismahen,et al. Local climate conditions impact on breeding performance of house martin (Delichon urbica) populations in Algeria[J],2021,76(6):1715-1725.
APA	Brahmia, Hafid,Elafri, Ali,Halassi, Ismahen,&Khemis, Mohamed Dhaya El-Hak.(2021).Local climate conditions impact on breeding performance of house martin (Delichon urbica) populations in Algeria.BIOLOGIA,76(6),1715-1725.
MLA	Brahmia, Hafid,et al."Local climate conditions impact on breeding performance of house martin (Delichon urbica) populations in Algeria".BIOLOGIA 76.6(2021):1715-1725.