Population subdivision in europes great bustard inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear dna sequence variation. Request permission export citation add to favorites track citation. Longterm trends in great bustard otis tarda populations in portugal suggest concentration in single high quality area. Frontiers intersexual resource competition and the. Pdf assessing the extinction risk of the great bustard. Genetic diversity of the great bustard in iberia and. Sexspecific early survival drives adult sex ratio bias in. Great bustard flocks were always observed in the preferred sites with the exception of site f in december 1997 and site c in december 1998. As their age and social status increased, males reduced and concentrated the home range. Juvenile males acquired full adult plumage between their fourth and seventh years. Malebiased dispersal in the great bustard otis tarda article pdf available in ornis scandinavica 231.
Malebiased dispersal in the great bustard otis tarda. Natal dispersal is strongly malebiased in this species alonso et al. The great bustard otis tarda is one of the heaviest flying birds and the most sexually dimorphic living bird. The results showed that otis tarda was one kind of big sized bird built nests on the ground in sparse cluster, and the smallest distance between nests. Natal dispersal in great bustards universidad complutense.
Although this species has received much attention by scientists. Field determination of age in male great bustards otis tarda in spring article pdf available in european journal of wildlife research 521. Two finds of great bustard otis tarda and rook corvus frugilegus have been identified among the materials of the kitchen debris from the early neolithic ca. Causes of death and morbidity are reported for freeliving great bustards otis tarda from spain. Martin b 2007 sexbiased juvenile survival in a bird. We studied dispersal and seasonal movements of great bustards marked as young in villafifila, nw spain, between 1983 and 1990. Welcome from the president a cordial welcome to delegates from europe and far beyond to the 10th conference of the european ornithologists union in badajoz, spain. Male and female great bustards live all year round in sexually segregated. To evaluate the reliability of earlier censuses and estimations, we compared the results of the first census carried out in 19811982 with more reliable counts made at specific intensive study areas during 19871988 and 19931994.
Sexbiased survival predicts adult sex ratio variation in. Migration patterns in male great bustards otis tarda. We estimate the size of the spanish population of great bustards otis tarda at around 17,00019,000 birds, using the results of the most recent counts available. Proximate and ultimate causes of natal dispersal in the. Cultural transmission and flexibility of partial migration patterns in a longlived bird, the great bustard otis tarda. Adult sex ratio asr is a central concept in population demography and breeding system evolution, and has implications for population viability and biodiversity conservation. Moralesproximate and ultimate causes of natal dispersal in the great bustard otis tarda. Historic breeding of sociable lapwing vanellus gregarius. Females density may play a role on the ranging behaviour of males in a given site. Although species with a malebiased offspring sex ratio may exhibit malebiased asr e. The breeding activities of the great bustard otis tarda were studied on the sootav plain in its main breeding ground in northwestern iran. Proximate and ultimate causes of natal dispersal in the great bustard.
This exciting meeting promises to become another milestone in the development of the eou. Sexspecific dispersal responses to inbreeding and kinship. Monthly survival estimates were higher in females than in males, which. Cervus elaphus, hunting, dispersal, red deer, rum, sex differences, stags, uncertainty. Otis tarda guidelines for radio tracking bird migration. Status, threats and conservation needs for the continental. Possible consequences of an extreme sexual size dimorphism, ethology on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips.
Best management practices for mitigating the effects of. Pdf malebiased dispersal in the great bustard otis tarda. However the selective mechanisms driving patterns of ssd remain controversial. They indicate open grassland habitats in its vicinities. Renschs rule proposes a general scaling phenomenon for all taxa, whereby ssd increases with average body size when males are larger. As an intriguing exception, great bustards otis tarda show malebiased dispersal where juvenile malesthe sex that grows faster and continues to grow for a longer period johnsgard, 1991disperse earlier and travel farther away than female offspring alonso et al. The redcrowned crane grus japonensis is a globally endangered species. Great bustard otis tarda habitat selection in relation to agricultural use in southern portugal. Differential migration by sex in the great bustard. Highlights we investigated the ranging behaviour of males within the leks. Status, threats and conservation needs for the continental population of the redcrowned crane. The great bustard otis tarda is a globally endangered.
Assessing the extinction risk of the great bustard otis tarda in africa. Habitat preferences of great bustard otistarda flocks in. The age of first breeding is 24 years for females and 56 years for males morales and. This led johnsgard 1994 to suggest that their mating system could be regarded as quasiarena behavior. Assessing the extinction risk of the great bustard otis tarda in africa article pdf available in endangered species research 301 january 2016 with 236 reads how we measure reads.
Backgroundmost animal species display sexual size dimorphism ssd. Otis tarda martinetalenactassimposiovalladolid1996. An updated estimate of the world status and population trends of the great bustard otis tarda. Historic breeding of sociable lapwing vanellus gregarius in xinjiangjohannes kamp 1, maxim a. Best management practices for mitigating the effects of roads on amphibian and reptile species at risk in ontario.
We studied dispersal and seasonal movements of great bustards marked as young in villafafila, nw spain, between 1983 and 1990. Pdf a note on breeding of the great bustard otis tarda. The endemic great indian bustard gib is evolutionarily trapped between open nesting and kselection that endangers its persistence under prevailing levels of habitat loss and hunting. Malebiased dispersal in the great bustard otis tarda core. A global population of about 300 birds is further fragmented into eight populations in the states of rajasthan shared with pakistan, maharashtra, andhra pradesh, gujarat, karnataka, and madhya pradesh in india. In a previous paper we described the malebiased dispersal in the great bustard otis tarda, based on the frequency of resightings in a closed study area of birds marked with patagial tags alonso and alonso, 1992. These sites were close together and great bustard movements between them were known to occur. The great bustard otis tarda in spain proyecto avutarda.
Weight increased between the prebreeding and breeding seasons by 16% in females and 20% in males. Read differential migration by sex in the great bustard. Pdf field determination of age in male great bustards. Dispersal is a key behavioral process with strong influences at the population level.
Present status, recent trends and an evaluation of earlier censuses, biological conservation on deepdyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. It has been considered a glue cementing subpopulations and allowing connections between usually isolated populations waser et al. In a previous paper we described the malebiased dispersal in the great bustard otis tarda, based on the frequency of resightings in a closed study area of birds. Ranging behaviour of little bustard males, tetrax tetrax. During april to july in 2000 and 2001,the nest site selection of otis tarda was studied by direct observation and sampling method in the southeast grassland of keyouqianqi in inner mongolia. During a longterm study of individually marked, freeliving male great bustards captured as chicks and radiotracked through several years in spain, we studied the development with age of two secondary sex traits, the moustachial feathers and the neck plumage pattern.
Space and habitat use by red kites milvus milvus during winter in the guadalquivir marshes. The full spectrum of avian ssd is also represented, from the great bustard otis tarda males 2. This study documented malebiased dispersal in a sexually dimorphic, lekking species. We document a strongly malebiased adult sex ratio, which is consistent with behavioral observations of femalebiased polygamy. We investigated the causes of natal dispersal in four spanish areas where 35 breeding groups of the polygynous great bustard otis tarda were monitored intensively. Females nested outside the display area after visiting leks for mating. Genetic diversity of the great bustard in iberia and morocco. Proximate and ultimate causes of dispersal in the iberian. Pdf postmortem findings in wild great bustards otis. Ix international mammalogical congress sapporo, july 31august 5, 2005.
Overall, mbssd occurs in 932 species, fbssd in 549. Captive breeding has traditionally been regarded as a suitable method for the recovery of threatened wild great bustard populations. Field determination of age in male great bustards otis. Ecology and movements of the australian bustard ardeotis. Ranging behaviour of little bustard males was mainly affected by age, habitat quality and site. The data are drawn from across class aves, with 22 orders and 102 families represented.
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