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Breeding statistics of the Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola on the Biebrza marshes, northeast Poland

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The study population of the Aquatic Warbler showed a low proportion of unfertile eggs (8.6 %), very low nest losses (17.9 %), including losses from predation (11.1 %), and high average production of fledglings per nest (3.25 ±1.9) compared with populations of its congeners and other related species. As adult mortality also seems low, it is concluded that the main threat to this endangered species in the study area may be change of habitat.

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Eine Population des Seggenrohrsängers in Polen wies im Vergleich zu Gattungsverwandten und anderen nahe verwandten Arten geringe bis sehr geringe Anteile an unbefruchteten Eiern (8,6 %) und Nestverlusten (17,9 %; einschließlich 11,1 % Verluste durch Nesträuber) sowie hohe Jungenproduktion pro Nest (3,25 ±1,9) auf. Da auch die Adultmortalität ziemliche niedrig zu sein scheint, ist zu schließen, daß eine Gefährdung der seltenen Art im Untersuchungsgebiet hauptsächlich von einer Habitatänderung ausgeht.

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    Andrzej Dyrcz & Wanda Zdunek

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Dyrcz, A., Zdunek, W. Breeding statistics of the Aquatic WarblerAcrocephalus paludicola on the Biebrza marshes, northeast Poland. J Ornithol 134, 317–323 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01640427

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