Nest boxes buffer the effects of climate on breeding performance in an African urban raptor.

ABSTRACT: As the world's human population increases, transformation of natural landscapes into urban habitats continues to increase. In Africa, rates of human population growth and urbanisation are among the highest in the world, but the impacts of these processes on the continent's biodiversity remain largely unexplored. Furthermore, the effects of ongoing anthropogenic climate change are likely to be severe and to interact with urbanisation. Some organisms appear resilient to urbanisation, and even proliferate in human-modified environments. One such species is the peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus in Cape Town, South Africa. Using a long-term data set (1989-2014), we investigate the relationship between breeding attempts, timing of breeding and breeding performance under varying weather condition

SUBMITTER: Sumasgutner P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7313736 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature