Breeding performance of the grasshopper buzzard (butastur rufipennis) in a natural and a human-modified West African savanna

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• grasshopper 100%
• nest 78%
• savanna 75%
• breeding 70%
• habitat 29%
• raptor 21%
• habitat loss 17%
• rainfall 14%
• predation 14%
• canopy 12%
• nestling 11%
• nest site 10%
• productivity 10%
• land use 10%
• small mammal 9%
• visibility 7%
• egg 7%
• land use change 7%
• predator 6%
• grass 6%
• spacing 6%
• environmental conditions 6%
• Africa 5%
• food 5%
• effect 1%

Agriculture & Biology

• grasshoppers 80%
• savannas 71%
• reproductive performance 63%
• nests 56%
• habitats 22%
• rain 18%
• birds of prey 18%
• habitat destruction 17%
• land use 15%
• canopy 12%
• predation 12%
• land use change 9%
• natural foods 9%
• Cameroon 9%
• Sub-Saharan Africa 8%
• small mammals 8%
• nesting sites 8%
• nestlings 8%
• breeding sites 7%
• spatial distribution 6%
• predators 5%
• grasses 5%
• environmental factors 5%
• eggs 4%