Negative association between habitat quality and reproductive success in birds?

Question

I'm looking for bird studies that have found either a negative correlation or no correlation between habitat quality and reproductive success. Or in other words, bird studies that have found that reproductive success was lower in lower quality habitats. Or, that have found there was no difference in reproductive success between habitat classified as high quality and low quality. Can anyone help?

Answer 1

Good afternoon! After researching answers to your question, I found a few things.

1. The information is difficult to collect because the answer is dependent on the behavior of birds (how often they migrate, if they occupy more than one habitat etc.).
2. Is there a specific bird species you wish to look at? Or a certain group of birds?
3. I found a few scholarly articles that mention habitat fragmentation (in which the larger habitat gets smaller and smaller due to man-made changes) and bird behavior (reproduction).
4. The first, they are specific about the group of birds they are studies (winter waders-- storks, herons, ibises) https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1990.tb01045.x
5. The second, birds that respond to habitat fragmentation and extinction (mortality rate, reproduction rate, changing migration patterns) https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/1051-0761(2002)012%5B0346:EOHFOT%5D2.0.CO%3B2
6. The third, birds that migrate and their relationship with habitat quality https://academic.oup.com/condor/article/109/3/535/5152112

I hope any of these three links will assist you. Also, keep in mind the dates of publishing. There may be newer or more updated information out there.