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- Title
Bird community structure and population trends in the Little Carpathians Mts vineyard area.
- Authors
Puchala, Peter
- Abstract
The birds of the vineyards on the eastern slopes of the Little Carpathians Mountains (south-western Slovakia) were studied during breeding seasons between the years 2010 and 2015. A point census method was used to count birds once or twice in May on two study sites (a transect in the vicinity of Modra town and a transect between Bratislava-Rača and Svätý Jur). The whole study area was designated as an Important Bird Area and established as a Special Protected Area according to the Bird Directive. Individual counting points were situated in different habitats including suburban areas, green lines with scrubs, the edges of small forest patches, forest edges, small gardens, cultivated vineyards, etc. 62 and 53 bird species were found in the first and the second transect, respectively (64 birds in total). The total number of all individuals was 2,383 at the Modra site and 972 at the Rača-Svätý Jur site. The most abundant species on both transects was Sturnus vulgaris (21 and 36%, respectively). Another abundant species at the Modra site (dominance between 5 and 7%) were Turdus merula, Passer montanus, Passer domesticus and Delichon urbicum, while at the Rača-Svätý Jur site Fringilla coelebs and Apus apus were abundant. Several species with higher conservation importance were found: Upupa epops, Lullula arborea, Pernis apivorus, Jynx torquila, Lanius collurio and Sylvia nisoria. A decline of some species like Chloris chloris, Delichon urbicum, Emberiza citrinella, Fringilla coelebs, Saxicola torquata, Sylvia atricapilla and Upupa epops was recorded since the beginning of the study. Continuous and long-term monitoring may bring important data about the population status of birds in human-affected landscape.
- Subjects
BIRD communities; BIRD populations; VINEYARDS; EUROPEAN blackbird; STURNUS vulgaris; ENGLISH sparrow; HOUSE martin; SAXICOLA torquata
- Publication
Folia Oecologica, 2016, Vol 43, Issue 1, p42
- ISSN
1336-5266
- Publication type
Article