Do artificial nests simulate nest success of greater sage-grouse?
Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017 Artificial nests have been used to study factors affecting nest success because researchers can manipulate them more than natural bird nests. Many researchers have questioned the validity of generalizing the results from artificial nests onto naturally ...
Jonathan B. Dinkins +2 more
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Small Artificial Ant-Nests of Novel Patterns
Psyche: A Journal of Entomology, 1910 William Morton Wheeler
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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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Is it safe to nest near conspicuous neighbours? Spatial patterns in predation risk associated with the density of American Golden-Plover nests [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Predation is one of the main factors explaining nesting mortality in most bird species. Birds can avoid nest predation or reduce predation pressure by breeding at higher latitude, showing anti-predator behaviour, selecting nest sites protected from ...
Marie-Andrée Giroux +4 more
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EFFECT OF RACCOON (PROCYON LOTOR) REDUCTION ON BLANDING’S TURTLE (EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII) NEST SUCCESS [PDF]
, 2016 The Lake County Forest Preserve District has monitored a state-endangered Blanding’s Turtle (Emydoidea blandingii) population at two adjoining nature preserves along the Illinois–Wisconsin border since 2004.
Glowacki, Gary A. +2 more
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Opportunistic use of a wool-like artificial material as lining of Tit (Paridae) nests [PDF]
, 2012 The lining material is a key element of bird nests primarily serving as insulation for the adult, eggs and/or chicks but collection of such material will have an energetic cost.
Deeming, D. Charles +2 more
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Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2019 The first results and the analysis of the effectiveness of the program aimed on installation of artificial nests in the Daurian steppe in the vicinity of the Daursky State Nature Biosphere Reserve (South-Eastern Transbaikalia; Russia) for the period from
Oleg A. Goroshko +1 more
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Carrion subsidies provided by fishermen increase predation of beach-nesting bird nests by facultative scavengers [PDF]
, 2014 © 2014 The Zoological Society of London. Many predators are also scavengers that feed on carrion and human refuse. Therefore, the availability of carrion can elevate the abundance or activity of facultative scavengers, amplifying predation pressure on ...
Crowther, MS +3 more
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Forest Science and Technology, 2021 Siberian flying squirrel (Pteromys volans) is an endangered nocturnal flying mammal inhabiting the conserved forests in the Korean Peninsula. This study investigated the artificial nest usage patterns of a released Siberian flying squirrel individual and
Ki Yoon Kim +5 more
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