48669 20200221144333.0 doi 10.1371/journal.pone.0149790 sideral 94612 ART-2016-94612 eng Crespo, A. No habitat selection during spring migration at a meso-scale range across mosaic landscapes: A case study with the woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) 2016 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Success of migration in birds in part depends on habitat selection. Overall, it is still poorly known whether there is habitat selection amongst landbird migrants moving across landscapes. Europe is chiefly covered by agro-forestry mosaic landscapes, so migratory species associated to either agricultural landscapes or woodland habitats should theoretically find suitable stopover sites along migration. During migration from wintering to breeding quarters, woodcocks (Scolopax rusticola) tagged with PTT satellite-tracking transmitters were used to test for the hypothesis that migrants associated to agro-forest habitats have no habitat selection during migration, at a meso-scale level. Using a GIS platform we extracted at a meso-scale range habitat cover at stopover localities. Results obtained from comparisons of soil covers between points randomly selected and true stopover localities sites revealed, as expected, the species may not select for particular habitats at a mesoscale range, because the habitat (or habitats) required by the species can be found virtually everywhere on their migration route. However, those birds stopping over in places richer in cropland or mosaic habitats including both cropland and forest and with proportionally less closed forest stayed for longer than in areas with lower surfaces of cropland and mosaic and more closed forest. This suggests that areas rich in cropland or mosaic habitat were optimal. info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 2.806 2016 MULTIDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES 15 / 63 = 0.238 2016 Q1 T1 1.236 2016 Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) 2016 Q1 Medicine (miscellaneous) 2016 Q1 Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous) 2016 Q1 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion (orcid)0000-0002-0477-0796 Rodrigues, M. Universidad de Zaragoza Telletxea, I. Ibáñez, R. Díez, F. Tobar, J.F. Arizaga, J. 3006 010 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ. Área Análisis Geográfico Regi. 11, 3 (2016), 0149790 [12 p.] PLoS One PloS one 1932-6203 964528 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/48669/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 100293 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/48669/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:48669 articulos driver 2020-02-21-13:46:15 ARTICLE