The Effects of Prescribed Fire on Artificial Wild Turkey Nest Survival in Closed‐Canopy Mixed Hardwood Forest [PDF]
Ecology and EvolutionThe eastern wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is an economically and culturally important upland game bird that has recently declined in abundance across portions of the Southeast.
Mariah G. McInnis +3 more
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Artificial nest experiment reveals inter-guild facilitation in duck nest predation
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2020 Predation is the most important factor limiting Northern Hemisphere duck nest survival. While most avian nest predators take only eggs, mammalian predators also pose mortality risks to incubating ducks.
Sari Holopainen +2 more
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Estimating nesting habitat characteristics for the Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus) with the effect of substrate and vegetation using a Bayesian network approach. [PDF]
PLoS ONECoastal habitats play an important role in the nesting ecology of shorebirds; however, these habitats are increasingly threatened by human activity and ongoing habitat loss.
Dong-Yun Lee +4 more
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The Neophobia Hypothesis: nest decoration in birds may reduce predation by corvids [PDF]
Royal Society Open ScienceMany birds suffer heavily from nest predation, selecting several behaviours to avoid the risk. Corvids are among the most serious nest predators. However, they are also among the most neophobic of any birds.
Magne Husby, Tore Slagsvold
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Negative effects of artificial nest boxes on birds: A review
Avian Research, 2023 Artificial nest boxes are placed to attract birds to nest and breed in a specific location, and they are widely used in avian ecology research and in the attraction of insectivorous birds. There is evidence that artificial nest boxes can adversely affect
Luchang Zhang +6 more
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Avian Research, 2022 Nest predation is an essential factor affecting bird population density, reproductive ecology and life cycle. However, there are still contradictory results about how nest predation pressure changes with urbanization.
Xingmin Chen +4 more
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Artificial nest predation rates vary depending on visibility in the eastern Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2014 Observational and experimental studies have shown that increased concealment of bird nests reduces nest predation rates. The objective of the present study was to evaluate differences in predation rates between two experimental manipulations of ...
Fernanda Michalski, Darren Norris
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Avian Research, 2023 Noise pollution is a major component of sensory pollution that can disrupt the well-being and functioning of living organisms, affect a variety of life history traits in animals, and reduce their reproductive success.
Xiaogang Yao +3 more
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Artificial nesting success and nest building behavior of common myna, Acridotheres tristis using paper/plastic [PDF]
Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2022 The objective of this paper is to analyze the nesting success and nest building behavior of myna, Acridotheres tristis, using paper/plastic Myna in artificial nest. The boxes were placed at different sites, including University Town, Rahat Abad and Qadir
Arz Muhammad Umrani +14 more
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Causative factors of construction and demolition waste generation in Iraq Construction Industry [PDF]
, 2021 The construction industry has hurt the environment from the waste generated during construction activities. Thus, it calls for serious measures to determine the causative factors of construction waste generated.
Obaid, Maytham Kadhim
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