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dc.contributor.authorPereira, David J.
dc.contributor.authorGardner, Matthew A.
dc.contributor.authorGeary, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorBell, Diana J.
dc.contributor.authorCollar, Nigel J.
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-14T13:31:11Z
dc.date.available2022-11-14T13:31:11Z
dc.date.issued2023-02-06
dc.identifierhttps://chesterrep.openrepository.com/bitstream/handle/10034/627297/Bahama%20Warbler%20paper_BCI_2022_11_04_accepted.pdf?sequence=4
dc.identifier.citationPereira, D. J., Gardner, M. A., Geary, M., Bell, D. J. & Collar, N. J. (2023). Distribution and habitat requirements of the Bahama Warbler Setophaga flavescens on Grand Bahama in 2018. Bird Conservation International, 33, e46. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095927092200048Xen_US
dc.identifier.issn0959-2709
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/S095927092200048X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10034/627297
dc.description.abstractThe Bahama Warbler Setophaga flavescens is restricted to Grand Bahama and Abaco in the Bahamas Islands, where in recent decades its pine forest habitat has been seriously affected by hurricanes. To assess its conservation status and determine its habitat requirements, we conducted point transects with playback and simultaneously took measurements at 464 locations in pine forest across Grand Bahama from April to June 2018. Warbler presence was predicted by taller Thatch Palms Thrinax radiata and some fire disturbance; and its absence by a higher number of needleless pines. A comparison of these habitat predictors between the combined regions where warblers were detected (Lucayan Estates and East End) vs. where they were not (West End and Freeport) also revealed that Bahama Warblers showed a marked preference for taller Thatch Palms (>140 cm) and habitat plots within the middle fire disturbance category. These findings suggest that the species is adapted to a climax pine forest habitat maintained under a standard fire regime. Our research was intended to provide a first baseline study of the warbler’s distribution and ecology on Grand Bahama, but the distribution may have radically changed following Hurricane Dorian’s devastation of the island in 2019, and the species may now only survive on Abaco. Nevertheless, ecological insights from Grand Bahama seem likely to help conservation management on Abaco; but both islands now need to be surveyed.en_US
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_US
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/bird-conservation-internationalen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectBahama Warbleren_US
dc.subjectGrand Bahamaen_US
dc.subjectpoint transectsen_US
dc.subjecthabitat preferencesen_US
dc.subjectpopulation distributionen_US
dc.titleDistribution and habitat requirements of the Bahama Warbler Setophaga flavescens on Grand Bahama in 2018en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.eissn1474-0001en_US
dc.contributor.departmentUniversity of East Anglia; University of Chester; BirdLife Internationalen_US
dc.identifier.journalBird Conservation Internationalen_US
or.grant.openaccessYesen_US
rioxxterms.funderunfundeden_US
rioxxterms.identifier.projectunfundeden_US
rioxxterms.versionAMen_US
dcterms.dateAccepted2022-11-13
rioxxterms.publicationdate2023-02-06
dc.date.deposited2022-11-14en_US


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