Recent status and distribution of the Great Bustard, Otis tarda, in Turkey (Aves: Otidae)

dc.contributor.authorKarakas, Recep
dc.contributor.authorAkarsu, Ferdi
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T16:24:42Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T16:24:42Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractThe records of the Great Bustard, Otis tarda (Linnaeus, 1758), in Turkey from the period 1989-2008 were compiled and analysed to update a previous assessment published in 1989. Despite a sharply increased birdwatching activity in Turkey, only 106 records could be found from published and unpublished sources for this 20-year period. 870 of the total of 1066 individuals were recorded during the breeding season and 196 in the non-breeding season. The population is split into two subpopulations; one focused in Inner Anatolia and the other in East and South-cast Anatolia, with the latter exceeding the Inner Anatolian population in numbers. Both subpopulations have declined significantly since the 1989 assessment, although, in the absence of comprehensive field surveys, it is not possible to quantity the degree. As several breeding sites have been abandoned, the size of the distribution area has shrunk in recent decades. In particular, the species is no longer present at several sites situated at the edge of the distribution area. The species winters in south-eastern Anatolia and in small numbers also in the large river deltas on the Black Sea and Mediterranean coasts. However, the winter population is also sharply decreasing. The Turkish Great Bustard population is much smaller than predicted, and apparently comprises 200-300 breeding pairs at the most,en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09397140.2009.10638363
dc.identifier.endpage34en_US
dc.identifier.issn0939-7140
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-72749105635
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage25en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/09397140.2009.10638363
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/16819
dc.identifier.volume48en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000271755400004
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMax Kasparek Verlagen_US
dc.relation.ispartofZoology in The Middle East
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectGreat Bustarden_US
dc.subjectOtidaeen_US
dc.subjectConservationen_US
dc.subjectPopulation Declineen_US
dc.subjectDistributionen_US
dc.subjectConservation Managementen_US
dc.subjectHabitaten_US
dc.subjectTurkeyen_US
dc.titleRecent status and distribution of the Great Bustard, Otis tarda, in Turkey (Aves: Otidae)en_US
dc.titleRecent status and distribution of the Great Bustard, Otis tarda, in Turkey (Aves: Otidae)
dc.typeArticleen_US

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