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Population dynamics of the ruddy-capped nightingale thrush (Catharus frantzii) in Chiapas, Mexico: influences of density, productivity and survival

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 November 2008

Jose Luis Rangel-Salazar ,
Kathy Martin ,
Peter Marshall  and
Robert W. Elner
Jose Luis Rangel-Salazar
Affiliation:
Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada Departamento de Ecología y Sistemática Terrestres, El Colegio de la Frontera Sur, Apartado Postal 63, San Cristóbal de Las Casas, 29290 Chiapas, México
Kathy Martin*
Affiliation:
Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service, 5421 Robertson Rd, RR1, Delta, BC, V4K 3N2 Canada
Peter Marshall
Affiliation:
Department of Forest Resource Management, University of British Columbia, 2424 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z4 Canada
Robert W. Elner
Affiliation:
Pacific Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service, 5421 Robertson Rd, RR1, Delta, BC, V4K 3N2 Canada
*
1Corresponding author. Email: [email protected]
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Abstract:

We used long-term population data for the ruddy-capped nightingale thrush (Catharus frantzii Cabanis), to examine the influence of forest conditions on annual productivity, survival and growth rate (λ) in a montane forest reserve of Chiapas, southern Mexico, from 1995 to 2003. Productivity was higher in primary, mature forest than in secondary, young forest. More adults were captured in primary forest (n = 132) than in secondary forest (n = 64). Adult survival (φ = 0.79) and encounter rate (ρ = 0.36) did not vary across habitats. Males and females had similar survival between primary and secondary forests (φ = 0.80 vs. 0.83, and 0.77 vs. 0.79, respectively). Juvenile survival (φ = 0.67) was only 12% lower than for adults. Overall, the population of C. frantzii appeared to be declining at 3% y−1 (λ = 0.97, SE = 0.09, 95% CI = 0.88–1.03). Productivity and survival correlated positively with λ across years within habitats, although survival was the primary, significant demographic parameter determining λ. Although habitat alteration may have reduced the carrying capacity and productivity in secondary forest, there was no apparent negative effect on population persistence in this habitat. Thus, secondary forests represent habitats that may facilitate the long-term persistence of C. frantzii populations.

Keywords

demographic vital ratesforest conditionhabitat qualitysource-sink structuretropical montane forests
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Research Article
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Journal of Tropical Ecology , Volume 24 , Issue 6 , November 2008 , pp. 583 - 593
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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