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Titre :	Nesting sites of White-tailed Eagles Haliaeetus albicilla in Germany on poplar Populus spec. and willow Salix spec. trees
Auteurs :	Peter Hauff, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Vogelwelt (Die) (130(2) 2009)
Article en page(s) :	67-76
Résumé :	As a consequence of the still going population growth White failed Eagles in Germany are more frequently occupying open landscapes as breeding habitats. The German breeding population in 2008 amounted about 600 breeding pairs. Whereas 20 years ago nests on polar trees were rather exceptional starting from the mid 1990 an increase of the use of this tree spacies could be observed and currently about 11% of the breeding pairs are nesting on poplar trees. This development is a consequence of the extensive plantation of poplar trees in open (agricultural) landscapes during 1950s, when programmes for tree and hedgerows had been launched in Eastern Germany. The trees have now reached an age of 40-50 years and are - especially in the neighborhood of good hunting grounds frequently used by White-tailed Eagles as nesting sites. The development to described for Germany and is federal states. The still rare nesting sites on willows are also considered.

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