Population dynamics of Great Bittern (Botaurus stellaris) in the Netherlands: interaction effects of winter weather and habitat fragmentation

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• 作者：Anouk Cormont (1) (2)
  Claire C. Vos (1)
  Jana Verboom (1)
  Chris A. M. van Turnhout (3)
  Ruud P. B. Foppen (3)
  Paul W. Goedhart (4)
  
• 关键词：Great Bittern ; Population dynamics ; Climate change ; Weather ; Carrying capacity ; Spatial cohesion
• 刊名：Regional Environmental Change
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：June 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：14
• 期：3
• 页码：943-952
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• 作者单位：Anouk Cormont (1) (2)
  Claire C. Vos (1)
  Jana Verboom (1)
  Chris A. M. van Turnhout (3)
  Ruud P. B. Foppen (3)
  Paul W. Goedhart (4)
  
  1. Alterra, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
  2. Land Use Planning Group, Wageningen University, P.O. Box 47, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands
  3. SOVON, Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology, Toernooiveld 1, 6525 ED, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
  4. Biometris, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Methods, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 100, 6700 AC, Wageningen, The Netherlands
  
• ISSN：1436-378X

文摘

The increased variability in weather as a manifestation of climate change is expected to have negative impacts on population survival in wildlife species, because it will likely lead to increased variation in vital demographic rates (mortality and reproduction) in these populations. For the effective protection of biodiversity, adaptation measures are needed to compensate for the expected increase in weather variability and the negative interaction with habitat fragmentation. As a case study, we studied the fluctuations in Great Bittern numbers (Botaurus stellaris) from 28 monitoring plots scattered over the Netherlands to explore the interaction between the effect of weather and possible remediating effects of the landscape structure. Great Bittern habitat surrounding these plots differs with respect to area, quality, and degree of isolation of this habitat. In western Europe, Great Bitterns are found to be susceptible to continuous loss of suitable habitat due to vegetation succession and fragmentation. Moreover, year-to-year fluctuations in local Great Bittern populations can be caused by severe winter weather or other weather extremes. Our results show that severe winter weather has indeed a significant negative impact on Great Bittern population growth rates. Furthermore, we found that an increased carrying capacity and spatial cohesion (i.e. inverse of habitat fragmentation) contribute to an increase in mean growth rates over the years. As growth rates are higher in large, well-connected habitats, we argue that recovery from negative effects of, e.g. severe winters on Great Bittern population numbers is enhanced in these less-fragmented habitats. We derived generic adaptation measures for enhancing the recovery rate of populations of species in general: one should invest in more large, well-connected nature areas, not only to diminish the negative effects of habitat fragmentation on wildlife populations, but additionally to reduce the impacts of climatic variability.