Landscape-level effects of agricultural intensification on the condition and diet of nestling Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica)

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Landscape-level effects of agricultural intensification on the condition and diet of nestling Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica)
المؤلفون: Kusack, Jackson W.
المصدر: Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
بيانات النشر: Scholarship@Western, 2018.
سنة النشر: 2018
مصطلحات موضوعية: Other Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Barn Swallow, aerial insectivore, fungi, stable isotopes, DNA barcoding, agricultural intensification
الوصف: Farmland bird populations have experienced declines with increasing agricultural intensification for which the leading hypothesis is a reduction of prey insects. This may be especially relevant for aerial insectivores whose primary diet is aerial insects. For this thesis, I examined nestling body condition and used stable isotopes (δ13C, δ15N) and fecal DNA barcoding to determine the diet of a farmland breeding aerial insectivore, the Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), within an agro-ecosystem in Southern Ontario, Canada. Nestling body condition was positively affected by agricultural intensification, but all benefits were lost by the pre-fledging stage and with no effect on productivity. Stable isotopes indicated that nestling diet was derived from within agro-ecosystems. While nestling diet breadth was negatively affected by agricultural intensification, I found evidence for a robust dipteran diet unaffected by landscape. My results provide little evidence of long-term negative repercussions to breeding within agriculturally intense landscapes for the Barn Swallow.
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اللغة: English
URL الوصول: https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=od______1548::06d592dd270c39aadd46ea2a8e0b0398
https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/etd/5900
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