Long-distance dispersal of monk parakeets
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Title: | Long-distance dispersal of monk parakeets Dispersión a larga distancia de las cotorras argentinas |
Authors: | Borray-Escalante, Natalia A. Baucells, J. Carrillo-Ortiz, José Hatchwell, Ben J. Senar, Juan Carlos |
Contributors: | Consorci del Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona |
Issue Date: | 3-Feb-2023 |
Keywords: | Ocells Cotorres Espècies invasores |
Spatial coverage: | Barcelona (Catalunya) |
Access to document: | http://hdl.handle.net/2072/531519 |
Extent: | 8 p. |
Abstract: | Invasive species threaten biodiversity all around the world and for this reason, identifying the causes and mitigating their effects is a priority in conservation biology. One of the most important factors when dealing with invasive species is dispersal, because the distribution of dispersal distances among members of a population can greatly affect the rate of spread of these invasive populations. Long–distance dispersal events have a disproportionately large influence on dispersal kernel estimations, but because of restricted spatial sampling scales they are difficult to detect. Here we use an extensive database of 3,039 monk parakeets ringed in Barcelona city since 2002 with an extensive control program across Catalonia where 3,460 birds have been captured since 2013, with the aim of describing these long–distance movements of monk parakeets. We recorded dispersal distances of over 10 km for a total of eight individuals. Long–distance dispersions were in all directions and both males and females were involved. While some individuals moved in their first year, others delayed dispersal several years. Given that long–distance dispersal events can have a large influence on the rate of range expansion of invasive species this information can be of great utility when modeling the dispersal and spread of the species. |
Terms of use: | CC-BY |
More information about use rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.ca |
Terms of use details: | © [2023] Copyright belongs to the authors, who license the journal Animal Biodiversity and Conservation to publish the paper under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. |
Appears in Collections: | Ecologia Evolutiva i de la Conducta / Articles |
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