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- Title
Dynamics of the population of Common quail males in the island of Majorca and comparison with the northeast peninsular populations.
- Authors
RODRÍGUEZ-TEIJEIRO, José Domingo; GARCÍA, Àngel; GARCÍA-GALEA, Eduardo; JIMÉNEZ-BLASCO, Irene; TORRES-RIERA, Alex; BARCELÓ, Antoni; MUÑOZ, Maria; VIDAL, Francisco Javier; PUIGCERVER, Manel; SEGUÍ, Bartomeu
- Abstract
The population dynamics of the common quail males in Majorca were studied through censuses and captures during two reproductive cycles (2017 and 2018). Results were compared with those obtained in a monitoring program of 13 years (2005-2017) that had taken place in two sites in the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula (Figuerola del Camp in Tarragona, and Alp in Girona). The aim of the study was to investigate the migratory status of the Majorca population and its possible connectivity with other adjacent populations. Being a game species, the knowledge of the phenology and population dynamics throughout the reproductive cycle allow suitable management and conservation. The temporal pattern of abundance of the quail found in Majorca was different from that of the continental populations. A very early phenology of breeding individuals, similar to that found in latitudes of the south of the Iberian Peninsula, suggests the possible winter stay of a fraction of the population in this island. On the other hand, a very delayed phenology in the presence of breeder yearlings suggests an isolation of the Majorca population in relation to the one that breeds in the continent. The lack of synchronization between the abundance pattern of the breeding stock and the cereal cycle, raises more detailed studies on the possible effects this may cause in the population.
- Subjects
MAJORCA (Spain); IBERIAN Peninsula; POPULATION dynamics; QUAILS; SEXUAL cycle; LIVESTOCK breeding; PLANT phenology; POPULATION
- Publication
Monografies de la Societat ďHistòria Natural de les Balears, 2019, Issue 28, p51
- ISSN
1696-5426
- Publication type
Article