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Home range size and breeding dispersal of a common buzzard (Buteo buteo) Cover

Home range size and breeding dispersal of a common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

By: Ülo Väli  
Open Access
|Dec 2017

Abstract

Telemetric studies have provided ample information on threatened raptors, but still little is known about space use and dispersal of common species. Here I describe the home range and breeding dispersal of a GPS-tracked adult male common buzzard, studied in south-eastern Estonia in 2014–16. This buzzard’s home range covered 8.3 km2 (kernel 95% estimate) with the core range being 2.1 km2 (kernel 50%). The home range increased in the course of the breeding season but decreased again before migration. Surprisingly, the nests in the two successive breeding years were located in the opposite margins of the home range, 1.7 km from each other.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/srj-2017-0003 | Journal eISSN: 2644-5247 | Journal ISSN: 1337-3463
Language: English
Page range: 111 - 116
Submitted on: Feb 28, 2017
Accepted on: Aug 21, 2017
Published on: Dec 21, 2017
Published by: Raptor Protection of Slovakia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year
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© 2017 Ülo Väli, published by Raptor Protection of Slovakia
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