Habitat Use of the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) during the Breeding Season in Spain
Abstract
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Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Capture and Tagging
2.2. Habitat Analysis
2.3. Home Range and Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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ID | Sex | Province | Season | No. of Used Habitats | Nest Site Surface | Habitat Use | AUI | Home Range (km2) |
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1B8D731E | F | Orense | 2020 | 4 | Forestry | Forestry and scrub surface | 0 | 264.75 |
5C90B91E | M | Álava | 2021 | 6 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 3.45 | 30.66 |
5690B91E | F | Álava | 2020 | 4 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 4998 | 1.25 |
2021 | 3 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 554.55 | 1.09 | |||
180225 | F | León | 2022 | 6 | Forestry | Forestry and scrub surface | 0.24 | 97.33 |
190217 | F | Palencia | 2021 | 3 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 45.08 | 12.96 |
200424 | F | Madrid | 2021 | 7 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 171.23 | 55.09 |
2022 | 7 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 327.13 | 44.56 | |||
200425 | M | Toledo | 2021 | 6 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 47.15 | 51.52 |
200426 | F | Salamanca | 2021 | 4 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 1999 | 6.79 |
200428 | M | Segovia | 2021 | 6 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 15.02 | 41.89 |
200434 | F | Madrid | 2021 | 4 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 1 * | 0.74 |
2022 | 6 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 4969 | 1.54 | |||
200435 | F | Valladolid | 2021 | 4 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 2499 | 13.50 |
200438 | F | Asturias | 2021 | 6 | Forestry | Forestry and scrub surface | 0.01 | 34.09 |
200445 | M | Álava | 2021 | 7 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 40.76 | 80.52 |
200447 | F | La Rioja | 2022 | 7 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 150.29 | 159.14 |
200449 | F | Valladolid | 2021 | 2 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 9999 | 10.82 |
200452 | F | Toledo | 2021 | 6 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 145.90 | 33.87 |
2022 | 6 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 713.21 | 169.91 | |||
211270 | F | Álava | 2022 | 3 | Agricultural | Agricultural systems | 86.72 | 15.32 |
ID | Season | Artificial Surface (%) | Non-Irrigated Arable Land (%) | Permanently Irrigated Land (%) | Permanent Crops and Pastures (%) | Heterogeneous Agricultural Areas (%) | Forests (%) | Scrub and/or Herbaceous Vegetation Associations (%) | Open Spaces (%) | Wetlands and Water Bodies (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1B8D731E | 2020 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.06 | 96.90 | 2.98 | 0.6 |
5C90B91E | 2021 | 0.02 | 76.40 | 0.15 | 0.98 | 0 | 6.11 | 16.34 | 0 | 0 |
5690B91E | 2020 | 0.02 | 99.94 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
5690B91E | 2021 | 0 | 99.79 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
180225 | 2022 | 0 | 1.12 | 17.45 | 0.20 | 0.37 | 19.56 | 61.30 | 0 | 0 |
190217 | 2021 | 0 | 20.52 | 77.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.17 | 0 | 0 |
200424 | 2021 | 1.83 | 82.72 | 1.04 | 13.39 | 0.45 | 0.27 | 0.30 | 0 | 0 |
200424 | 2022 | 1.56 | 74.58 | 1.98 | 21.27 | 0.31 | 0.06 | 0.24 | 0 | 0 |
200425 | 2021 | 0.82 | 85.75 | 0 | 6.64 | 4.73 | 0.3 | 1.76 | 0 | 0 |
200426 | 2021 | 0 | 99.67 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0 |
200428 | 2021 | 0.01 | 86.99 | 6.74 | 0.02 | 0 | 5.56 | 0.68 | 0 | 0 |
200434 | 2021 | 0.27 | 91.50 | 0.10 | 8.13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
200434 | 2022 | 0.60 | 78.15 | 0.08 | 21.13 | 0.02 | 0 | 0.02 | 0 | 0 |
200435 | 2021 | 0 | 77.49 | 22.44 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
200438 | 2021 | 0 | 0.05 | 0 | 0.81 | 0.35 | 2.18 | 95.47 | 1.14 | 0 |
200445 | 2021 | 0.15 | 92.07 | 5.31 | 0.04 | 0 | 1.91 | 0.48 | 0 | 0.04 |
200447 | 2022 | 0.1 | 96.84 | 1.33 | 1.02 | 0 | 0.25 | 0.41 | 0.05 | 0 |
200449 | 2021 | 0 | 87.67 | 12.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
200452 | 2021 | 0.11 | 92.82 | 0 | 3.72 | 2.67 | 0.07 | 0.61 | 0 | 0 |
200452 | 2022 | 0.01 | 80.74 | 0.21 | 2.87 | 16.03 | 0 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 |
211270 | 2022 | 0 | 98.86 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.52 | 0.62 | 0 | 0 |
Habitat Type | Estimate | SE | Statistic | Lower CI | Upper CI | p-Value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(Intercept) | −1.659 | 1.860 | −0.892 | −5.305 | 1.987 | 0.374 |
Forests | −3.702 | 2.631 | −1.407 | −8.859 | 1.454 | 0.161 |
Heterogeneous agricultural areas | −0.414 | 2.631 | −0.157 | −5.571 | 4.743 | 0.875 |
Non-irrigated arable land | 12.140 | 2.631 | 4.614 | 6.984 | 17.297 | <0.001 |
Open spaces | 0.667 | 2.631 | 0.254 | −4.490 | 5.824 | 0.800 |
Permanent crops and pastures | −1.807 | 2.631 | −0.687 | −6.964 | 3.350 | 0.483 |
Permanently irrigated land | 1.029 | 2.631 | 0.391 | −4.128 | 6.185 | 0.696 |
Scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation associations | 5.440 | 2.631 | 2.068 | 0.284 | 10.597 | 0.040 |
Water bodies | 1.573 | 2.631 | 0.598 | −3.583 | 6.730 | 0.551 |
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Maeso, S.; Morollón, S.; García-Macía, J.; Lee, S.; Urios, V. Habitat Use of the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) during the Breeding Season in Spain. Birds 2024, 5, 558-570. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds5030037
Maeso S, Morollón S, García-Macía J, Lee S, Urios V. Habitat Use of the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) during the Breeding Season in Spain. Birds. 2024; 5(3):558-570. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds5030037
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaeso, Sara, Sara Morollón, Jorge García-Macía, Simon Lee, and Vicente Urios. 2024. "Habitat Use of the Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) during the Breeding Season in Spain" Birds 5, no. 3: 558-570. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds5030037