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Supplementary feeding increases Common Buzzard Buteo buteo productivity but only in poor-quality habitat

Eimear Rooney, Auteur ; Neil Reid, Auteur ; W. Ian Montgomery, Auteur

Dans Ibis (157(1) January 2015)

Temporal heterogeneity in the effects of food supply during the breeding season on the productivity of the Common Buzzard Buteo buteo was investigated in a supplementary feeding experiment. Pairs were fed artificially (1) before egg-laying, (2) [...]

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Diet diversity of the Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo) in a vole-less environment

Eimear Rooney, Auteur ; W. Ian Montgomery, Auteur

Dans Bird Study (60(2) MAY 1 2013)

Capsule The absence of key prey, voles, in Ireland, is associated with wide dietary niche in a top predator, the Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo). Aims To examine the diet of the Buzzard as it recolonizes Ireland from the north and where prey divers[...]

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Homogeneous habitat can meet the discrete and varied resource requirements of hares but may set an ecological trap

Neil Reid, Auteur ; Robbie A. Mcdonald, Auteur ; W. Ian Montgomery, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (143(7) JUL 2010)

In common with other farmland species, hares (Lepus spp.) are in widespread decline in agricultural landscapes due to agricultural intensification and habitat loss. We examined the importance of habitat heterogeneity to the Irish hare (Lepus tim[...]

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