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Physical cognition : birds learn the structural efficacy of nest material [PDF]
, 2014 This work was supported by the BBSRC (BB/I019502/1) and Roslin Institute Strategic Grant funding from the BBSRC. The APC was paid through RCUK OA block grant funds.It is generally assumed that birds’ choice of structurally suitable materials for nest ...
Meddle, Simone L. +8 more
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What makes a house a home? Nest box use by West European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) is influenced by nest box placement, resource provisioning and site-based factors [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Artificial refuges provided by householders and/or conservation practitioners potentially represent one mechanism for mitigating declines in the availability of natural nest sites used for resting, breeding and hibernating in urban areas.
Abigail Gazzard, Philip J. Baker
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Birds build camouflaged nests [PDF]
, 2014 This work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) (BB/I019502/1 to S.D.H. and S.L.M.) and by Roslin Institute Strategic Grant funding from the BBSRC (to S.L.M).It is assumed that many birds attempt to conceal ...
Meddle, Simone L. +4 more
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PLoS ONE, 2019 Nest predation studies often use artificial nests to secure sample sizes and nest distribution patterns that allow empirically testing differences in predation rates between ecological units of interest.
Katrine S Hoset, Magne Husby
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Nest Material Shapes Eggs Bacterial Environment. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Selective pressures imposed by pathogenic microorganisms to embryos have selected in hosts for a battery of antimicrobial lines of defenses that includes physical and chemical barriers.
Cristina Ruiz-Castellano +4 more
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The coevolution of building nests on the ground and domed nests in Timaliidae [PDF]
, 2015 This work was supported by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (grant number BB/I019502/1 to S.D.H.), The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (grant number PGSD3-409582-2011 to Z.J.H.), and the European ...
Hall, Z.J. +3 more
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Effects of Nest Location on Depredation of Artificial Arboreal Nests
The Journal of Wildlife Management, 1987 Depredation on artificial arboreal nests was studied in 1-ha aspen (Populus spp.) plots on a ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) management area in central Pennsylvania from May to August 1985. Predation was evaluated with respect to 2 factors associated with nest placement: height of nest aboveground and plot age.
Yahner, R.H., Cypher, B.L.
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The European Zoological Journal, 2022 Artificial nesting sites with floating platforms may effectively support local breeding populations of waterbirds (enhancing productivity and survival) when natural sites are unavailable.
B. Manikowska–Ślepowrońska +2 more
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Ground Nesting in Recultivated Forest Habitats — A Study with Artificial Nests [PDF]
Acta Ornithologica, 2004 The study was carried out in the outskirts of the town of Pecs (southern Hungary) in a recultivated for- mer coal mine. Bordered by Turkey Oak forests, this open area forms a wedge-shaped clearing in that woodland. Since trees and taller shrubs are rare in the area, it is mainly ground nesting bird species that occur in the clearing.
Jenő J. Purger +2 more
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Nest site preferences of the Woodlark (Lullula arborea) and its association with artificial nest predation [PDF]
, 2017 The Woodlark is an insectivorous bird, which is listed as a priority species in Switzerland. In Valais, a stronghold of this species in the country, the birds breed in intensively managed vineyards and show a preference for parcels with ground vegetation
Arlettaz, Raphaël +3 more
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