Nest-site selection by the Asian Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii, in the steppe of Harat, Iran: (Aves: Otidae) [electronic resource]

A small population of the threatened Asian Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii , breeds in the steppes of central Iran. The differences in habitat features between nest-sites and control sites revealed that the Asian Houbara selects breeding sites with a higher availability of insects, a higher...

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Published in:Zoology in the Middle East 2012, Vol.57 (1), p.11-18
Main Authors: Aghanajafizadeh, Shirin, Hemami, Mahmoud R, Heydari, Fatholah
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Artemisia
Artemisia sieberi
Chlamydotis
Chlamydotis macqueenii
habitats
insects
nesting sites
predators
Rosmarinus
shrubs
steppes
Zygophyllum
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Summary:A small population of the threatened Asian Houbara Bustard, Chlamydotis macqueenii , breeds in the steppes of central Iran. The differences in habitat features between nest-sites and control sites revealed that the Asian Houbara selects breeding sites with a higher availability of insects, a higher vegetation density, and which are located far from relatively dense plant patches. Moreover, 80% of pseudonests were destroyed by predators in the Zygophyllum atriplicoides community (shrub habitat) compared to the Artemisia sieberi and Seidlitzia rosmarinus communities (bush habitats), confirming its unsuitability for Houbara nesting site selection.
ISSN:2326-2680
0939-7140
2326-2680
DOI:10.1080/09397140.2012.10648958