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The effects of colony size interacting with extra food supply on the breeding success of the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)
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Results suggest that White Stork breeding success was also affected by natural food resources, since bigger colonies may deplete natural prey sooner, which is more evident in dry years.Abstract:
In the present study, we evaluated the effect of distance to food from rubbish dumps and colony size on White Stork breeding success. Waste from poultry farms is expanding in the study area and is commonly used by the White Stork as a new food resource, which may explain the increase in the number of breeding Storks in the region. The study was carried out at 24 sites, including 88 different colonies of White Stork in northern Algeria, Setif (36°09′N, 05°26′E; 900 m.a.s.l.); over a 4-year period (2002–2005) with considerable variation in rainfall. Nests were monitored at different distances from 30 rubbish dumps emanating largely from chicken farms. Results of the General Linear Mixed Models (GLMM) showed that breeding success of White Stork was dependent upon distance to dumps, recording the highest values in nests close to these places with food supply. There was a highly significant interaction between the year and the distance to the rubbish dumps. That is, reproductive success was higher when there was extra food in all years except in 2002, which could be due to the very low rainfall during spring 2002. Also, we found a significant interaction between colony size and distance to a rubbish dump. Results suggest that White Stork breeding success was also affected by natural food resources, since bigger colonies may deplete natural prey sooner, which is more evident in dry years.read more
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Factors determining the occurrence of anthropogenic materials in nests of the white stork Ciconia ciconia.
TL;DR: There is no significant effect of the total number of debris in nests on clutch size, number of fledglings, or breeding success, and studies on the influence of the age and sex of individuals in understanding this behaviour and its drivers in bird populations should be continued.
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Drivers of power line use by white storks: A case study of birds nesting on anthropogenic structures
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Determination of nest occupation and breeding effect of the white stork by human-mediated landscape in Western Poland
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Foraging at Solid Urban Waste Disposal Sites as Risk Factor for Cephalosporin and Colistin Resistant Escherichia coli Carriage in White Storks (Ciconia ciconia).
Ursula Höfle,Juan José González-López,Maria Cruz Camacho,Marc Solà-Ginés,Albert Moreno-Mingorance,Jose M Hernandez,Javier de la Puente,Javier Pineda-Pampliega,José I. Aguirre,Fernando Torres-Medina,Fernando Torres-Medina,Antoni Ramis,Natàlia Majó,Julio Blas,Lourdes Migura-Garcia +14 more
TL;DR: It is shown that foraging at landfills and in association with cattle grazing are important risk factors for the acquisition of CR E. coli in white storks.
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A multidisciplinary approach to the evaluation of the effects of foraging on landfills on white stork nestlings.
Javier Pineda-Pampliega,Yolanda Ramiro,Amparo Herrera-Dueñas,Mónica Martínez-Haro,Jose M Hernandez,José I. Aguirre,Ursula Höfle +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated potential effects of the use of landfills as a food resource on the physiology and health of white stork nestlings, by a multidisciplinary approach based on the analysis of nutritional status, body condition, blood parameters, oxidative stress balance and the presence of pathogens.
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