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Royal Society for the Protection of Birds
Nonprofit•Sandy, United Kingdom•
About: Royal Society for the Protection of Birds is a nonprofit organization based out in Sandy, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Biodiversity. The organization has 670 authors who have published 1425 publications receiving 88006 citations. The organization is also known as: RSPB & Plumage League.
Topics: Population, Biodiversity, Threatened species, Foraging, Habitat
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the winter grazing intensities of brent geese Branta bernicla, pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus, and white-fronted geese A. albifrons, and the breeding densities of lapwing Vanellus vanellus, redshank Tringa totanus and snipe Gallinago gallinago.
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TL;DR: The relationship between nature and cultural ecosystem service (CES) benefits is well accepted but poorly understood, as is the potential role of biodiversity in the relationship as discussed by the authors by means of a public questionnaire survey in Wiltshire, UK, the relationship between the presence of a range of common species groups, species group charisma, group abundance in the landscape, and the benefit that people felt that they derived from the species groups was investigated for a lowland multifunctional landscape.
Abstract: The relationship between nature and cultural ecosystem service (CES) benefits is well accepted but poorly understood, as is the potential role of biodiversity in the relationship. By means of a public questionnaire survey in Wiltshire, UK, the relationship between the presence of a range of common species groups, species group ‘charisma’, group abundance in the landscape, and the benefit that people felt that they derived from the species groups was investigated for a lowland multifunctional landscape.
Findings showed that species group charisma influenced the benefit reported by respondents for current abundance levels, and influenced their response to potential increases or decreases in abundance. Respondents reported high levels of benefit from species groups hypothesised to be charismatic (birds, flowering plants, butterflies) and there was high consistency in the pattern of response. Respondents reported less benefit from groups hypothesised to be less charismatic (beetles/bugs, brambles and nettles), the latter response patterns showing much greater variation. These results could be used to promote a more holistic understanding of the value of biodiversity by educating and informing the public so that they derive benefit not just from the charismatic, but also from the everyday, the commonplace and less obviously charismatic species.
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TL;DR: Arithmetic lipid correction provided accurate values for lipid-extracted &dgr;13C in captive Spectacled Eiders fed on a homogeneous high-quality diet, however, arithmetic lipid correction was unreliable for wild King Eiders, likely because of their differential incorporation of macronutrients from isotopically distinct environments during migration.
Abstract: . Many studies of nutrient allocation to egg production in birds use stable isotope ratios of egg yolk to identify the origin of nutrients. Dry egg yolk contains >50% lipids, which are known to be depleted in 13C. Currently, researchers remove lipids from egg yolk using a chemical lipid-extraction procedure before analyzing the isotopic composition of protein in egg yolk. We examined the effects of chemical lipid extraction on δ13C, δ15N, and δ34S of avian egg yolk and explored the utility of an arithmetic lipid correction model to adjust whole yolk δ13C for lipid content. We analyzed the dried yolk of 15 captive Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) and 20 wild King Eider (S. spectabilis) eggs, both as whole yolk and after lipid extraction with a 2:1 chloroform:methanol solution. We found that chemical lipid extraction leads to an increase of (mean ± SD) 3.3 ± 1.1‰ in δ13C, 1.1 ± 0.5‰ in δ15N, and 2.3 ± 1.1‰ in δ34S. Arithmetic lipid correction provided accurate values for lipid-extracted δ13C in...
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Goethe University Frankfurt1, University of North Carolina at Charlotte2, Hawk Mountain Sanctuary3, Lenoir–Rhyne University4, University of Utah5, University College Cork6, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute7, University of Maryland, College Park8, Parks Victoria9, Monash University, Clayton campus10, University of Florida11, James Cook University12, Florida Museum of Natural History13, Ohio State University14, Max Planck Society15, University of Marburg16, University of Konstanz17, University of Alberta18, University of Guelph19, University of Alicante20, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology21, University of Montpellier22, Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust23, Hebrew University of Jerusalem24, University College Dublin25, North Carolina State University26, North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences27, Utrecht University28, Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory29, University of Valencia30, Friends University31, College of William & Mary32, Food and Agriculture Organization33, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds34, University of La Rochelle35, University of Haifa36, University of Twente37, Instituto Superior de Agronomia38, University of Lisbon39, University of Porto40, Tel Aviv University41, United States Geological Survey42, University of Georgia43, Chinese Academy of Sciences44
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined how the distribution of resources affects the movement patterns of both large terrestrial birds (e.g., raptors, bustards and hornbills) and waterbirds (i.e., cranes, storks, ducks, geese and flamingos).
Abstract: Aim
Animal movement is an important determinant of individual survival, population dynamics and ecosystem structure and function. Nonetheless, it is still unclear how local movements are related to resource availability and the spatial arrangement of resources. Using resident bird species and migratory bird species outside the migratory period, we examined how the distribution of resources affects the movement patterns of both large terrestrial birds (e.g., raptors, bustards and hornbills) and waterbirds (e.g., cranes, storks, ducks, geese and flamingos).
Location
Global.
Time period
2003–2015.
Major taxa studied
Birds.
Methods
We compiled GPS tracking data for 386 individuals across 36 bird species. We calculated the straight‐line distance between GPS locations of each individual at the 1‐hr and 10‐day time‐scales. For each individual and time‐scale, we calculated the median and 0.95 quantile of displacement. We used linear mixed‐effects models to examine the effect of the spatial arrangement of resources, measured as enhanced vegetation index homogeneity, on avian movements, while accounting for mean resource availability, body mass, diet, flight type, migratory status and taxonomy and spatial autocorrelation.
Results
We found a significant effect of resource spatial arrangement at the 1‐hr and 10‐day time‐scales. On average, individual movements were seven times longer in environments with homogeneously distributed resources compared with areas of low resource homogeneity. Contrary to previous work, we found no significant effect of resource availability, diet, flight type, migratory status or body mass on the non‐migratory movements of birds.
Main conclusions
We suggest that longer movements in homogeneous environments might reflect the need for different habitat types associated with foraging and reproduction. This highlights the importance of landscape complementarity, where habitat patches within a landscape include a range of different, yet complementary resources. As habitat homogenization increases, it might force birds to travel increasingly longer distances to meet their diverse needs.
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TL;DR: Green et al. as mentioned in this paper found that the lack of sound science in assessing wind farm impacts on seabirds was a major barrier to assessing the impact of wind farms on birds.
Abstract: Lack of sound science in assessing wind farm impacts on seabirds Rhys E. Green*, Rowena H. W. Langston, Aly McCluskie, Rosie Sutherland and Jeremy D. Wilson Conservation Science Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, David Attenborough Building, Pembroke Street, Cambridge CB2 3QZ, UK; RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB, The Lodge, Sandy Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, UK; and RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, RSPB Scotland, 2 Lochside View, Edinburgh Park, Edinburgh EH12 9DH, UK
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Andrew Balmford | 91 | 290 | 33359 |
Rhys E. Green | 78 | 285 | 30428 |
Richard D. Gregory | 61 | 165 | 18428 |
Richard Evans | 48 | 306 | 10513 |
Rafael Mateo | 46 | 238 | 7091 |
Deborah J. Pain | 46 | 99 | 6717 |
Jeremy D. Wilson | 45 | 123 | 12587 |
Les G. Underhill | 45 | 233 | 8217 |
Richard B. Bradbury | 42 | 113 | 8062 |
Paul F. Donald | 41 | 117 | 11153 |
James W. Pearce-Higgins | 40 | 144 | 5623 |
Jörn P. W. Scharlemann | 40 | 84 | 16393 |
Juliet A. Vickery | 39 | 116 | 8494 |
Mark A. Taggart | 38 | 111 | 3703 |
Patrick W Thompson | 38 | 144 | 6379 |