Factors influencing the timing of breeding in a range expanding raptor at two spatial scales

Range shifts and expansions have been recorded in a number of species and it is expected that as climate change proceeds it will result in more species joining this trend. A major concern with these shifts is the suitability of the receiving novel environments, for example, if these areas experience different climatic conditions or prey phenology. One way to evaluate how expanding populations adapt to the environment is through evaluating their breeding patterns. In southern Africa, the Black sparrowhawk (Accipiter melanoleucus) originally existed in Botswana, Mozambique, North Eastern and South Eastern South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology

Year dc:date.issued

2012

Author dc:creator

• Sebele, Lovelater

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Amar, Arjun

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12084

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/12084