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Personality-dependent nest site selection and nest success during incubation in wild chestnut thrushes [PDF]

iScience, 2023
Summary: In birds, little is known about how individuals choose nest sites based on their personality traits. Here, we investigate whether a female’s personality (activity and breathing rate) can affect patterns of nest site selection at different ...
Yingqiang Lou, Qingshan Zhao, Yunbiao Hu, Lijun Chen, Pengfei Liu, Yun Fang, Huw Lloyd, Yuehua Sun   +7 more
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Slit in a Nest Site Influences the Nest Site Selection in Cavity Nesting Ant Colonies [PDF]

Insects
For ants, nests provide a refuge against predators and protection from environmental factors. Thus, choosing a good nest site is important for an ant colony, but nest sites are limited resources. Ants of the genus Temnothorax inhabit small cavities in, e.
Anna Gruszka, Mateusz Rolski, Mariia Marczak, Sławomir Mitrus   +3 more
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Nest-site selection and its influence on breeding success in a poorly-known and declining seabird: The Tahiti petrel Pseudobulweria rostrata. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2022
The Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) is a rare and declining seabird whose breeding biology and nest-site selection are poorly known. Nest-site selection is critical to seabird population fitness, and understanding the factors driving it is ...
Angélique Pagenaud, Andreas Ravache, Karen Bourgeois, Mathieu Mathivet, Édouard Bourguet, Éric Vidal, Martin Thibault   +6 more
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The importance of viewshed in nest site selection of a ground-nesting shorebird. [PDF]

PLoS ONE
Birds and their nests are vulnerable to predation during the breeding season. Many birds have evolved nest placement strategies that minimize risk such as concealing nests in vegetation, or nesting in inaccessible cavities or on cliffs.
Sharon S Dorsey, Daniel H Catlin, Shannon J Ritter, Christy N Wails, Samantha G Robinson, Katie W Oliver, Henrietta A Bellman, Sarah M Karpanty, James D Fraser   +8 more
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Multiscale Nest-Site Selection of Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) in Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands [PDF]

Biology
Nest-site selection in birds is a hierarchical process shaped by environmental filters operating across multiple spatial scales. In species that depend on burrows excavated by ecosystem engineers, understanding how these filters interact is essential for
Gabriel Ruiz Aymá, Alina Olalla Kerstupp, Mayra A. Gómez Govea, Antonio Guzmán Velasco, José I. González Rojas   +4 more
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Soil attributes drive nest-site selection by the campo miner Geositta poeciloptera. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Substrate type is a key-factor in nest-site selection and nest architecture of burrowing birds. However, little is known about which factors drive nest-site selection for these species, especially in the tropics.
Ricardo Camargos de Meireles, João Paulo Gusmão Teixeira, Ricardo Solar, Bruno Nery F Vasconcelos, Raphael B A Fernandes, Leonardo Esteves Lopes   +5 more
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Nest site selection during the second breeding attempt in Japanese tits (Parus minor): effects of nest site characteristics [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Numerous investigations focusing on nest site selection among multiple-brooded bird species have revealed a common trend: breeders frequently return to their first nest sites for another brood during the same breeding season.
Xudong Li, Jiangping Yu, Li Zhang, Dake Yin, Keqin Zhang, Mingju E, Haitao Wang   +6 more
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Nest Site Selection and Nesting Behavior of Reeves' Turtle (Mauremys reevesii) in Qichun County, Hubei Province, China [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Research on nest site selection and nesting behavior is essential for species conservation. Research on the reproductive ecology of Reeves' turtles is relatively scarce.
Zihao Ye, Rongping Bu, Hai‐Tao Shi
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Nest‐Site Selection in Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica): Patterns Consistent With the Human Proximity Hypothesis Across Three Regions of China [PDF]

Ecology and Evolution
Nest‐site selection is critical to avian reproductive success. Although human activity is known to influence nest‐site choice in birds, whether humans facilitate or impede avian reproduction remains a matter of debate.
Cong Peng, Kangning Luo, Kui Yan, Wei Liang   +3 more
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Nest site selection and fidelity of European pond turtle (Emys orbicularis) population of Babat Valley (Gödöllő, Hungary) [PDF]

Frontiers in Zoology
Background The conservation of aquatic and semiaquatic turtles requires knowledge of the area and vegetation structure of habitat used for nesting, and nesting migration route. We aimed to survey the effects of habitat features to the nest site selection,
István Kiss, Gergő Erdélyi, Borbála Szabó   +2 more
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