Journal article

Publication year: 1995

Pages: 273-284

Journal: Vogelwelt -Berlin-

Volume number: 116

Publisher: Aula-verlag Wiesbaden

Abstract: 

In Kronberg/Taunus (Hessen, Germany) the breeding habitat requirements offive passerine
bird species were studied in 1994 with the help of a Geographic Information System (GIS)
and a detailed map ofhabitat types. Six study plots (total area331 ha) were chosen, nearly
all of which were characteized by various types of orchards. In spring 1994, breeding
territories of Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus, Garden Warbler Sylvia borin, Whitethoat
Sylvia communis, Marsh Warbler Acrocephalus palustris and Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
were mapped using the territory mapping method. For most species the exact territory
boundaries were determined, digitized and analysed by the GIS. In the Tree Sparrow the
analysis was based on point locations (+ l0 m radius) of all observations (n = 348) instead
of territories. The map of bird territories was overlaid on the map habitat types (Fig. 1), and
the specific composition of habitat types was anaylzed,f or each species.T he results provide
information on the bird species'preferences for certain habitat and land-use types. The
study particularly aimed at assessing the birds'preferences for different land-use intensities
of the orchards. The advantages and disadvantages of applying a Geographic Information
System to the analysis of bird habitats are discussed.

Harvard Citation style: Gottschalk, T. (1995) Habitatanalyse von Singvogelarten unter Verwendung einens Geographischen Informationssytems (GIS), Vogelwelt -Berlin-, 116, pp. 273-284

APA Citation style: Gottschalk, T. (1995). Habitatanalyse von Singvogelarten unter Verwendung einens Geographischen Informationssytems (GIS). Vogelwelt -Berlin-. 116, 273-284.