Comparative movement ecology of a specialist versus a generalist falcon (KESTRELS-MOVE)
Ecología del movimiento comparada de un halcón especialista versus un generalista (KESTRELS-MOVE)
Principal investigator
Javier Bustamante
Financial institution
MIN ECONOMÍA Y COMPETITIVIDAD
Fecha de inicio
Fecha de fin
Code
CGL2016-79249-P
Department
Conservation Biology and Global Change
Researchers
Investigadores otras entidades: Aldina Franco y James Gilroy (Universidad de East Anglia, Reino Unido), Willem Bouten (Universidad de Amsterdam, Paises Bajos), Ines Catry (Universidad de Lisboa, Portugal), Giacomo Dell'Omo (TechnoSmart, Italia), Alexei Vyssotski (Universidad de Zürich, Suiza)
Brief description
In this project we are going to compare the movement ecology of two species of sympatrically breeding kestrels in the south of the Iberian Peninsula, the lesser kestrel (Falco naumanni) and the common kestrel (Falco tinnunculus). They are two morphologically similar species. The lesser kestrels show a greater degree of specialization in prey and habitat selection. We have selected three study areas with differences in habitat composition, but geographically close among them, to study the movements, hunting strategies, energy expenditure, prey selection and habitat selection between the two species along two annual cycles, in a comparative way. For the study we will rely on high temporal and spatial resolution biologgers, heart-rate loggers and a remote automatic monitoring system with smart nest-boxes