Effect of nest age and habitat variables on nest survival in Marsh Harrier (Circus aeruginosus) in a fishpond habitat [PDF]
PeerJ, 2020 Background One important anti‐predator strategy adopted by birds involves nest site selection and timing of breeding. Nest-site selection by marsh-nesting birds often involves nest concealment and water depth as key features influencing nest survival ...
Urszula Zaremba +2 more
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Nest survival patterns in Eurasian Bittern: effect of nest age, time and habitat variables [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Determining the key factors affecting the reproductive success of nesting birds is crucial in order to better understand the population dynamics of endangered species and to introduce effective conservation programmes for them.
Marcin Polak
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Colony demographics shape nest construction in Camponotus fellah ants [PDF]
eLifeThe ant nest serves as the skeleton of the ant superorganism. Similar to a skeleton, the nest expands as the colony grows and requires repair after catastrophic events.
Harikrishnan Rajendran +3 more
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Nesting season, nest age, and disturbance, but not habitat characteristics, affect nest survival of Chinese grouse. [PDF]
Curr Zool, 2020 Zhao JM +5 more
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Nest Success of Gunnison Sage-Grouse in Colorado, USA. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Gunnison Sage-Grouse (Centrocercus minimus) is a species of concern for which little demographic information exists. To help fill this information gap, we investigated factors affecting nest success in two populations of Gunnison Sage-Grouse. We assessed
Amy J Davis +2 more
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Age, brood fate, and territory quality affect nest-site fidelity in white stork Ciconia ciconia
Frontiers in Zoology, 2023 Background A particular type of site fidelity is faithfulness to the nest site, where birds are not only reoccupying breeding territories but also reusing nests built in previous breeding seasons.
Joanna T. Bialas +5 more
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Avian Research, 2023 The breeding traits of Sporophila seedeaters have been relatively well studied in recent years; nevertheless, a group of ten species in the genus, known as southern capuchinos, remain understudied.
Jonas Rafael Rodrigues Rosoni +2 more
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Nest survival of the Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus at Marismas Nacionales, Nayarit
Huitzil, 2022 Breeding habitat loss and nest predation are considered the main causes of Snowy Plover (Charadrius nivosus) populations decline worldwide. We evaluated the effects of season, nest age, distance to nearest vegetation patch, distance to nearest body of ...
Lidiana Esther Ortega-Solis +5 more
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Reproductive Performance of a Declining Forest Passerine in Relation to Environmental and Social Factors: Implications for Species Conservation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Identifying factors influencing a species' ecological niche and demography is a prerequisite for species conservation. However, our understanding of the interplay between demographic rates and biotic/abiotic factors is still poor for most species of ...
Alex Grendelmeier +3 more
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PLoS Biology, 2021 Oxytocin/vasopressin-related neuropeptides are highly conserved and play major roles in regulating social behavior across vertebrates. However, whether their insect orthologue, inotocin, regulates the behavior of social groups remains unknown.
Ingrid Fetter-Pruneda +10 more
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