[Trophic activity of Vulpes vulpes in a wetland: which effects on the reproductive biology of Ardea purpurea?]
https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2019.446
Accepted: 1 June 2020
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
[In an Ardea purpurea colony regularly monitored from 2004 to 2018, some predatory events of Vulpes vulpes have been observed since 2010. This was followed by a reduction in the reproductive success and in the number of breeding pairs. Some herons likely abandoned their nests in the reed bed and moved to nesting on trees. The Authors discuss the possibility that these events were a consequence of the predatory activity of the red fox.]
[Article in Italian]
Alessandria G., Della Toffola M., Carpegna F., 1992 - Nuovo sito riproduttivo di Tarabuso, Botaurus stellaris, e di Airone rosso, Ardea purpurea, in Piemonte (Aves, Ardeidae). Riv. Piem. St. Nat., XIII: 97-102.
Barbraud C., Lepley M., Mathevet R. & Mauchamp A., 2002 - Reedbed selection and colony size of breeding Purple Herons Ardea purpurea in southern France. Ibis, 144: 227-235. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1474-919X.2002.00047.x
Biddau L., 1990 - Indagine eco-etologica sulla colonia di Aironi rossi Ardea purpurea nidificante nella garzaia di Valenza (AL) ( Aves, Ardeidae). Riv. Piem. St. Nat., XI: 185-204.
Boitani L., Vinditti R. M., 1988 - La Volpe rossa. Edagricole, Bologna, Italy.
Bordignon L., 2004 - Gli uccelli della provincia di Novara. Provincia di Novara, Tipolitografia di Borgosesia, Borgosesia (VC).
Cardarelli E., Ranghetti L., Grieco C., Sindaco R., Longoni V., Bogliani G., Fasola M., 2013. Cambiamenti colturali delle risaie italiane e disponibilità trofica per gli Ardeidi. XVII Conv. Ital. Orn., Trento.
Casale F., Rigamonti E., Ricci M., Bergamaschi L., Cennamo R., Garanzini A., Mostini L., Re A., Toninelli V., Fasola M., 2017 - Gli uccelli della Provincia di Novara (Piemonte, Italia): distribuzione, abbondanza e stato di conservazione. Riv. ital. Orn., 87: 3-79. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2017.336
Cecere J. G., Benedetti M. C., Guj I., Imperio S., 2014 - The role of the Red Fox as a predator of species of human concern in a Mediterranean rural habitat: a case study. Russian Journal of Ecology, 45: 555-558. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S106741361406006X
Conca G., 2017 - Avifauna della Provincia di Pavia. Edizioni Belvedere, Latina, "Le scienze"(28), 336 pp.
van De Kooij H., 1995 - Werkt de Vos Vulpes vulpes de Purperreiger Ardea purpurea in de nesten? Limosa, 68: 137-142.
Dies J. I., Dies B., 2004 - Breeding biology and colony size of Sandwich tern at l'Albufera de Valencia (Western Mediterranean). Ardeola, 51: 431-435.
van Eerden M. R., Lenselink G. & Zijlstra M., 2010 - Long-term changes in wetland area and composition in The Netherlands affecting the carrying capacity for wintering waterbirds. Ardea, 98:265-282. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5253/078.098.0302
Fasola M., Albanese G., AsOER, Boano G., Boncompagni E., Bressan U., Brunelli M., Ciaccio A., Floris G., Grussu M., Guglielmi R., Guzzon C., Mezzavilla F., Paesani G., Sacchetti A., Sanna M., Scarton F., Scoccianti C., Utmar P., Vaschetti G., Velatta F., 2007 - Le garzaie in Italia, 2002. Avocetta, 31: 5-46.
Fasola M., Cardarelli E., 2015. Long-term changes in thee food resources of a guild of breeding Ardeinae (Aves) in Italy. Italian Journal of Zoology, 82: 238-250. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/11250003.2014.966256
Gustin M., Brambilla M., Celada C., 2016. Stato di conservazione e valore di riferimento favorevole per le popolazioni di uccelli nidificanti in Italia. Riv. ital. orn., 86: 3-36. DOI: https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2016.332
G.P.S.O. (Red. G. Alessandria, M. Della Toffola, S. Fasano), 2011 - Resoconto ornitologico per la Regione Piemonte - Valle d'Aosta. Anno 2010. Riv. piem. St. Nat., 32: 297-351.
Kitowski I., 2004. Behaviour of Red foxes Vulpes vulpes during of Montagu's harrier Circus pygargus social defences - case study from southeast Poland. Acta Biol. Univ. Daugavp, 4: 71-76.
Lanszki J., 2005 - Diet composition of red fox during rearing in a moor: a case study. Folia Zool., 54: 213-216.
MacDonald D., 1976 - Food caching by Red Fox and some other carnivores. Ethology, 42: 170-185. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1976.tb00963.x
Newton I., 1998 - Population limitation in birds. Academic Press, UK.
Polak M., Kasprzykowski Z., 2010 - Reproduction parameters of Great Bittern Botaurus stellaris in the fish ponds of eastern Poland. Acta ornithologica, 45: 75-81. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3161/000164510X516119
Purenne R., 2018 - Impacts de la prédation du Renard roux Vulpes vulpes sur la colonie plurispécifique de goélands de l'Ile de Tatihou (Manche) de 2014 à 2017. Alauda, 86: 203-214.
Ranghetti L., Cardarelli E., Boschetti M., Busetto L., Fasola M., 2018. Assessment of water management change in the Italian rice paddies from 2000 to 2016 using satellite data: a contribution to egro-ecological studies. Remore Sens, 10, 416: 2-23. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs10030416
Ruiz-Olmo J., Blanch F. & Vidal F., 2003 - Relationships between the Red Fox and Waterbirds in the Ebro Delta Natural Park, N.E. Spain. Waterbirds, 26: 217-225. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0217:RBTRFA]2.0.CO;2
Sklepkovych B. O., Montevecchi W. A., 1996 - Food availability and food behaviour by Red and Arctic Foxes. Arctic, 49: 228-234. DOI: https://doi.org/10.14430/arctic1199
Smart J., Bolton M., Hunter F., Quayle H., Thomas G., Gregory R. D., 2013 - Managing uplands for biodiversity: Do agri-environment schemes deliver benefits for breeding lapwing Vanellus vanellus? Journal of Applied Ecology, 50: 1-11. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.12081
Solé J., 2000 - Depredaciones de Zorro Vulpes vulpes sobre Búho real Bubo bubo en un área del litoral iberico. Ardeola, 47: 97-99.
Tamisier A., Dehorter O., 1999 - Camargue, canards et foulques. Fonctionnementet devenir d'un prestigiex quartier d'hiver. Centre Ornithologique du Gard, Nimed.
Toffoli R., 2012 - Monitoraggio ardeidi nidificanti e valutazione dell'efficacia della misura 214.9 nella conservazione degli aironi. Relazione 2011. Programma di Sviluppo Rurale 2007-2013. Regione Piemonte, IPLA.
Tryjanowski P., Goldyn B. & Surmacki A., 2002 - Influence of the red fox (Vulpes vulpes, Linnaeus 1758) on the distribution and number of breeding birds in an intensively used farmland. Ecological Research, 17: 395-399. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1703.2002.00497.x
van Turnhout C. A. M., 2011 - Birding for science and conservation. Explaining temporal changes in breeding bird diversity in the Netherlands. Thesis, Radboud University, Nijmegen.
Voisin C., 1991 - The herons of Europe. T. & A. D. Poyser Ltd, London.
Wilson D. E., Mittermeier R. A., 2009 - Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Lynx Edicions, Barcellona.
PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.
Downloads
Citations
