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JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY
Volume 32, Issue 3, Pages 256-262Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.320308.x
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In this study we assessed territory turnover of the European Scops Owl Otus scops, a migratory nocturnal raptor, using sonagrams of hoots recorded in the same territories in the 1993 and 1994 breeding seasons. Three structural parameters of the hoot (duration, inter-note interval and frequency) varied considerably, and a Discriminant Function Analysis classified > 90% of individual calls correctly. In order to investigate yearly turnover and site-fidelity of male Scops Owls, the discriminant functions derived from the hoot sample recorded in 1993 were used to classify hoots of individuals recorded in the same territories in 1994. Apparently, turn-over rate of territory owners was high and rapid, because 55-78% of territories censused in 1993 were defended by a different male in 1994. The fast decline of our Scops Owl population, probably due to winter mortality, could be responsible for such a high turnover of territorial owners.
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