Display-sites selection by houbara bustard (Chlamydotis [undulata] macqueenii) in Mori, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China |
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| Authors: | Weikang Yang Jianfang Qiao Olivier Combreau Xingyi Gao Wenqin Zhong |
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| Institution: | a Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, 100080, People's Republic of China;b Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, CAS, Urumqi, 830011, People's Republic of China;c National Avian Research Center, 10000, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates |
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| Abstract: | Display-site selection by houbara bustards was studied in Mori, Xinjiang, China during the breeding seasons from April to June 2000. Most of the habitats chosen for displaying were short sub-shrubby and open areas close to high shrub patches. The displaying males clearly prefer low covered areas and avoid densely covered and high vegetation sites. The vegetation density and number of plant species at display sites were significantly lower from that at randomly selected sites. The average distance to the closest shrub patch was significantly shorter at display sites than at random sites. Plant species richness, vegetative density, vegetative cover and distance to the shrub patches are possibly the most important factors that determined the display-sites selection of houbara bustard. |
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| Keywords: | houbara bustard Chlamydotis [undulata] macqueenii display-sites selection habitat selection China |
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