Modeling of Scrub Warbler (Scotocerca inquieta) nesting selection in Baghshadi protected area, Yazd provinces

Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Environment, Maybod Branch, Islamic Azad University, Maybod, Iran

2 Expert of the Department of Environmental Protection, Talesh County, Iran.

10.29252/aridbiom.2020.1820

Abstract

A population of Scrub Warbler with a relatively high density lives in the protected area of Baghshadi in Yazd province. During two consecutive years (springs of 2015 and 2016), the breeding habitat of this species was investigated in the study area. The number of 37 bird nests were identified in the area. The habitat variables such as type, number, percentage of vegetation and height of plant species, the distance of the nest from the nearest water source, road, human settlements, the height and diameter of the nest, and insect nest density in the presence and absence points of this bird were measured and compared. The main purpose of this study was to determine the effective variables in the habitat selection of Scrub Warbler in the protected area of Baghshadi. The results showed that this species clearly prefers the shrub Amygdalus lycioides to other plant species in the region and builds its nests mostly on these shrubs which have a higher density and height, are distant from the road and human settlements, and are closer to water sources. To provide food, insect nest density is the most important factor in the habitat selection of Scrub Warbler in the protected area of Baghshadi.

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Journal of Arid Biome
Volume 9, Issue 2
March 2020
Pages 113-120

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