2024-03-28T18:57:21Zhttp://digital.csic.es/dspace-oai/requestoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2163402021-05-24T10:14:52Zcom_10261_13com_10261_8col_10261_266
Breeding ecology of the Andalusian Buttonquail Turnix sylvaticus sylvaticus
Gutiérrez-Expósito, Carlos
García-Gorria, Ruth
Qninba, A.
Clavero, Miguel
Revilla, Eloy
Buttonquail
Turnix sylvaticus
Breeding ecology
Nest
Understanding the breeding cycle of wildlife is essential to afford conservation strategies. This is especially important for barely studied species and urgent for those at serious risk of extinction. The Andalusian Buttonquail is an endangered endemic of the Western Mediterranean, confined to a cultivated strip in the Moroccan Atlantic coast. We performed 2 302 sampling events to determine the presence-absence and breeding of the species. The breeding season lasted for eight months, from February to October. Present in 17 different crops, breeding occurred in all but cucumber and artichoke. However, a strong preference for breeding crops was found for alfalfa, pumpkin and maize fields. Nests were 82 mm × 71.4 mm grass-lined structures built on a ground scrape. Eggs had 26.14 mm mean maximum length, 20.24 mean diameter and weighed 5.9 g. All complete clutches had four eggs and the hatching rate was 3.42. All but one of the monitored nests successfully reared at least one chick. Clutch size and hatching rate matched other Buttonquail populations and species, so causes of the decline must be found in other stages of the reproductive cycle. In this sense, additional studies are needed to reveal chick and juvenile survival.
2020-07-09T10:20:22Z
2020-07-09T10:20:22Z
2020
2020-07-09T10:20:22Z
artículo
Ostrich 91: 75- 82 (2020)
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/216340
10.2989/00306525.2020.1712665
Postprint
http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2020.1712665
Sí
openAccess
Taylor & Francis