Summer pre-breeding movements of Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae revealed by satellite telemetry: implications for conservation
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Título: | Summer pre-breeding movements of Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae revealed by satellite telemetry: implications for conservation |
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Autor/es: | Mellone, Ugo | López-López, Pascual | Limiñana, Rubén | Urios, Vicente |
Grupo/s de investigación o GITE: | Zoología de Vertebrados |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Ciencias Ambientales y Recursos Naturales |
Palabras clave: | Eleonora’s Falcon | Falco eleonorae | Satellite telemetry | Pre-breeding movements | Conservation |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Zoología |
Fecha de publicación: | 22-mar-2013 |
Editor: | BirdLife International |
Cita bibliográfica: | MELLONE, Ugo, et al. "Summer pre-breeding movements of Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae revealed by satellite telemetry: implications for conservation". Bird Conservation International. FirstView Article (22 March 2013). ISSN 0959-2709, pp. 1-8 |
Resumen: | Recent advances in bird tracking technologies are revealing that migratory birds use temporal staging sites other than breeding and wintering areas, and these areas deserve conservation efforts. Eleonora’s Falcon Falco eleonorae is a long-distance migratory raptor that breeds colonially on islands and is considered a priority species for conservation. Anecdotal observations indicate that during the pre-breeding period, Eleonora’s Falcons stay in inland areas far away from the colonies, but, to date there are no detailed data concerning the connectivity between these areas and breeding colonies. Using satellite telemetry, we analysed data from four summering events belonging to three individuals breeding in two colonies in the Western Mediterranean (Spain). All of them made inland movements in areas up to c.400 km distant from the respective breeding colonies, visiting several habitats, from forests to arable lands, probably taking advantage of high densities of insects. Perturbations occurring in these areas could threaten Eleonora’s Falcons with serious consequences at the population level. We suggest that conservation measures implemented at breeding and wintering grounds may not suffice and that temporary staging areas should be identified at a larger scale and deserve protection as well. |
Patrocinador/es: | Terra Natura Foundation and the “Servicio de Biodiversidad” (Generalitat Valenciana). U. Mellone is supported by an FPU grant of the Spanish Ministry of Education (reference AP2008-0947). R. Limiñana has a postdoctoral grant (reference 10/12-C) co-funded by “Consejería de Educación y Ciencia” (JCCM) and the European Social Fund. P. López-López is supported by a “Juan de la Cierva” postdoctoral grant of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (reference JCI–2011–09588). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/28047 |
ISSN: | 0959-2709 (Print) | 1474-0001 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1017/S0959270913000051 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | Copyright © BirdLife International 2013 |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0959270913000051 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | INV - ZV - Artículos Científicos INV - CYT - Otros Trabajos de Investigación |
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