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  • Habitat selection and patterns of distribution in a hierarchic forest owl guild
    Vrezec, Al ; Tome, Davorin
    Patterns of segregation were studied in a size-structured forest owl guild with the largest Ural Owl Strix uralensis, intermediate Tawny Owl Strix aluco,and the smallest Tengmalm's Owl Aegolius ... funereus, by comparing habitat selection and patterns of distribution. Data on owl territories were collectedbetween 1998 and 2003 on Mt. Krim, North Dinaric Alps, central Slovenia, using the playback method. The Ural Owl was the dominant species, occupying the largest part of its optimal habitat, i.e. its fundamental niche.The Tawny Owl had the widest habitat niche. Due to negative interactionsit selected refugial areas free of Ural Owls, which were in lowlands only, where human influences prevent Ural Owls from settling. Tengmalm's Owl was the most specialised in habitat selection. Its territories were on high altitudes, within those of the Ural Owl. They inhabited similar habitats but we found no indications of interactions between them. In contrast, Tawny and Tengmalm's Owls were highly segregated in habitat and in space, due to distinctive negative interactions. Based on these results, we propose the following hypothesis: Tengmalm's Owl benefits from the presence ofUral Owls, which creates Tawny Owl free areas; this association does not affect the Ural Owl. This could be the first case of positive interactions in a predatory guild, i.e. a specific type of commensalism.
    Vir: Ornis fennica. - ISSN 0030-5685 (Letn. 81, 2004, str. 109-118)
    Vrsta gradiva - članek, sestavni del
    Leto - 2004
    Jezik - angleški
    COBISS.SI-ID - 18722777

vir: Ornis fennica. - ISSN 0030-5685 (Letn. 81, 2004, str. 109-118)
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