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European Pond Turtle (Emys orbicularis) Nest Predation: A Study with Artificial Nests. [PDF]

Biology (Basel), 2023
Purger JJ, Molnár TG, Lanszki Z, Lanszki J.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Let's Talk About Bone Cylinders. Taphonomy of Carnivores and Humans

International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACTBone cylinders are a distinctive structure predominantly produced by durophagous carnivoran species during the consumption of long bones, in which the diaphyseal canal remains intact while both epiphyses are removed or consumed. This study evaluates the significance of this morphology, traditionally attributed to extant and extinct hyena ...
Darío Herranz‐Rodrigo
wiley   +1 more source

Do Parents Synchronise Nest Visits as an Antipredator Adaptation in Birds of New Zealand and Tasmania?

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2019
Birds with altricial offspring need to feed them regularly, but each feeding visit risks drawing attention to the nest and revealing its location to potential predators.
Nyil Khwaja, Nyil Khwaja, Melanie Massaro, Melanie Massaro, Thomas E. Martin, James V. Briskie   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Did extreme nest predation favor the evolution of obligate brood parasitism in a duck? [PDF]

Ecol Evol, 2022
Lyon BE, Carminati A, Goggin G, Eadie JM.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Asynchronous population trends stabilize mesopredatory coral reef fish communities in the face of global change

Oikos, EarlyView.
Biodiversity can underpin stability in communities, allowing them to withstand environmental fluctuations without changes in aggregate properties like total abundance or biomass. We investigated the influence of biodiversity on two crucial population‐level mechanisms governing abundance stability in mesopredatory coral reef fishes: 1) ‘community ...
Rucha Karkarey, Eva Maire, Nicholas A. J. Graham, Valeriano Parravicini, Simon. J. Brandl, Jeremy Carlot, Mehdi Adjeroud, Rohan Arthur, Teresa Alcoverro, Shaun. K. Wilson, Jordan Goetze, Thomas H. Holmes, Julien Wickel, Dan. A. Exton, Sally A. Keith   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mitigating Fox Predation on Freshwater Turtle Nests: Comparing Effectiveness of Three In Situ Protection Methods

Ecology and Evolution
Freshwater turtles in the Murray‐Darling Basin (MDB), Australia, have declined since the 1970s. Intense nest predation by introduced foxes likely contributes to these declines, disrupting juvenile recruitment needed to sustain populations.
Christina Hunter, Deborah S. Bower, Richard A. Peters, Ricky‐John Spencer, Ligia Pizzatto, James U. Van Dyke   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Reed Parrotbill nest predation by tidal mudflat crabs: Evidence for an ecological trap?

Ecosphere, 2015
Understanding the relationships between nesting habitat quality and predation risk is essential for developing appropriate conservation management for threatened species.
Donglai Li, Xinghai Sun, Huw Lloyd, Pinjia Que, Yang Liu, Dongmei Wan, Zhengwang Zhang   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alike but still different: coexistence of four raptor species explained by breeding habitat segregation

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding how species competing for similar resources coexist and influence each other has been, and still is, one of the big questions of community ecology. This question has often been tackled by comparing ecological niches of species pairs, although usually more than just two species compete for the same resources.
Kai‐Philipp Gladow, Jonas Beck, Patrick B. Langthaler, Nayden Chakarov, Oliver Krüger   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Habitat Edge and Nest Predation in House Wrens [PDF]

, 1996
I studied the effect of habitat edge on nest predation rates ina population of House Wrens (Troglodytes aedon) which bred in nest boxes in central Illinois from 1986-1994.
Moore \u2796, Daniel
core  

Integrating and assessing metacommunity drivers of ecosystem function and resilience in benthic algal systems

Oikos, EarlyView.
Understanding the scales and mechanisms by which species composition interacts with ecosystem functions is critical for forecasting the effects of environmental perturbations on ecosystem services. However, the linkages between what regulates the ecosystem functions of dispersal‐capable networks of communities (metacommunities) and what regulates a ...
Thomas P. Shannon, Evelyn E. Gaiser
wiley   +1 more source