Breeding habitat selection in an obligate beach bird: a test of the food resource hypothesis Cuttriss, Anna, Maguire, Grainne S., Ehmke, Glenn and Weston, Michael A. 2015, Breeding habitat selection in an obligate beach bird: a test of the food resource hypothesis, Marine and freshwater research, vol. 66, no. 9, pp. 841-846, doi: 10.1071/MF14213. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Breeding habitat selection in an obligate beach bird: a test of the food resource hypothesis Author(s) Cuttriss, Anna Maguire, Grainne S. Ehmke, Glenn Weston, Michael A. orcid.org/0000-0002-8717-0410 Journal name Marine and freshwater research Volume number 66 Issue number 9 Start page 841 End page 846 Total pages 6 Publisher CSIRO Publishing Place of publication Melbourne Vic. Publication date 2015-01-01 ISSN 1323-1650 1448-6059 Summary The food resource hypothesis of breeding habitat selection in beach-nesting birds suggests that birds breed at sites with more prey to meet the increased energetic requirements associated with breeding. We compare prey resources using pitfall traps and core samples at breeding sites and absence sites of the eastern population of hooded plover, Thinornis rubricollis rubricollis, which, in this part of its range, is a threatened obligate beach bird. Breeding sites had higher abundances, equivalent species richness, and different assemblages of invertebrate prey compared with absence sites. Assemblages at breeding sites were characterised by more isopods, and fewer beetles of the family Phycosecidae. Breeding habitat selection by plovers appears to be associated with selection for sites with more food, and any process that degrades food resources at a site (e.g. kelp harvesting or marine pollution events) may reduce the likelihood of occupancy of that site by breeding birds. Language eng DOI 10.1071/MF14213 Field of Research 050211 Wildlife and Habitat Management Socio Economic Objective 960802 Coastal and Estuarine Flora HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2015, CSIRO Publishing Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30078277 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment School of Life and Environmental Sciences Centre for Integrative Ecology Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 10 Sep 2015, 06:57:37 EST Fri, 11 Sep 2015, 05:00:07 EST Fri, 11 Sep 2015, 08:44:27 EST Thu, 17 Sep 2015, 06:12:11 EST Wed, 14 Oct 2015, 14:33:45 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2015, 15:06:42 EST Fri, 20 Nov 2015, 15:07:25 EST Wed, 25 Nov 2015, 12:14:19 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 5 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 91 Abstract Views, 2 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 10 Sep 2015, 06:57:37 EST

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