Is the Decreasing Availability of Agricultural Land Forcing the Barbary Partridge to Nest Close to Human Infrastructure?
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| Title: | Is the Decreasing Availability of Agricultural Land Forcing the Barbary Partridge to Nest Close to Human Infrastructure? |
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| Authors: | Sabrate L; Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome (BGCG), Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco., Hanane S; Center for Innovation, Research and Training, Water and Forests National Agency, Rabat, Morocco., Bouaamama M; Water and Forests National Agency-Regional Directorate of Rabat, Salé, Zemmour-Zaer, Kénitra, Morocco., Ichen A; Laboratory of Biodiversity, Ecology and Genome (BGCG), Faculty of Sciences, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco. |
| Source: | Integrative zoology [Integr Zool] 2025 Nov; Vol. 20 (6), pp. 1110-1123. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 13. |
| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd Country of Publication: Australia NLM ID: 101492420 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1749-4877 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 17494869 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Integr Zool Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: Original Publication: 2006- |
| MeSH Terms: | Agriculture* , Nesting Behavior* , Galliformes*/physiology , Ecosystem*, Animals ; Morocco ; Conservation of Natural Resources ; Humans |
| Abstract: | It is commonly admitted that the continuous development of human infrastructure (HI), resulting in natural habitat fragmentation, affects farmland birds by misleading their strategies of nest site selection. Here, we examined how HI in agricultural landscape (AL) could be affecting nest habitat selection of Barbary partridge (BP; Alectoris barbara). A total of 160 BP nests were monitored during 4 years (2017, 2018, 2021, and 2022) in eight Moroccan agricultural zones. We used the generalized linear mixed models and variation partitioning methods to quantify the effects of AL and HI on BP nest occurrence. This occurrence increased with track density (within 300 m of sampled nests) and decreased with built-up area cover (50 m). Nest occurrence was also associated with the cover of agricultural areas (300 m), distances to the nearest agricultural area, the nearest human settlement, and the nearest track. However, the effect of these covariates depended on distance to the nearest paved road, being close to roads located far away from agricultural areas and tracks and near human settlements and tracks. Overall, our results highlighted a trend to nest close to HI when agricultural areas were relatively remote or less represented. For the effective conservation and management of the Moroccan BP populations, it is critical to keep human infrastructures at a level that allows for maintaining the relative dominance of the agricultural landscape. Further fragmentation of this landscape will impact the ability of this farmland species to select its nesting sites flexibly. (© 2024 International Society of Zoological Sciences, Institute of Zoology/Chinese Academy of Sciences and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd.) |
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| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: Alectoris barbara; human settlements; modeling; nest distribution; roads; tracks |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20241213 Date Completed: 20251115 Latest Revision: 20251115 |
| Update Code: | 20251115 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/1749-4877.12928 |
| PMID: | 39672670 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
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