Nest Predation Pressure Differs Between Urban Ground- and Hole-Nesting Birds: Evidence from a Multi-Year Artificial Nest Predation Experiment [PDF]
BirdsUrbanization changes the environment through physical constructions, disturbances, and altered resource availability. These modifications influence both prey and predator assemblages.
Jukka Jokimäki +1 more
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Eggs in the freezer: energetic consequences of nest site and nest design in Arctic breeding shorebirds [PDF]
, 2012 Birds construct nests for several reasons. For species that breed in the Arctic, the insulative properties of nests are very important. Incubation is costly there and due to an increasing surface to volume ratio, more so in smaller species. Small species
Tulp, Ingrid +2 more
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Breeding phenology of birds: mechanisms underlying seasonal declines in the risk of nest predation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Seasonal declines in avian clutch size are well documented, but seasonal variation in other reproductive parameters has received less attention. For example, the probability of complete brood mortality typically explains much of the variation in ...
Kathi L Borgmann +2 more
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Contrast in edge vegetation structure modifies the predation risk of natural ground nests in an agricultural landscape. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Nest predation risk generally increases nearer forest-field edges in agricultural landscapes. However, few studies test whether differences in edge contrast (i.e.
Nicole A Schneider +3 more
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Artificial nest predation rates vary depending on visibility in the eastern Brazilian Amazon [PDF]
Acta Amazonica, 2014 Observational and experimental studies have shown that increased concealment of bird nests reduces nest predation rates. The objective of the present study was to evaluate differences in predation rates between two experimental manipulations of ...
Fernanda Michalski, Darren Norris
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Do Freshwater Turtles Use Rainfall to Increase Nest Success?
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Rainfall following turtle nest construction has long been believed to increase nest survival by its effects on reducing the location cues used by nest predators.
Gregory A. Geller +3 more
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Journal of Avian Biology, 2022 The majority of the world's seabirds show substantial population declines, but a detailed understanding of the phenomenon is lacking. A potentially important mechanism that has received momentum lately is nest predation.
Bård‐Jørgen Bårdsen +1 more
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, 2021 Nest predation is the primary cause of nest failure in passerines. In order to contribute to our understanding of how nest predators shape avian nesting ecology and life history traits, we report nest predator identity and nest predation rates for 3 ...
Jefferies, María Milagros +2 more
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Trade-offs between the risks of predation and starvation in subtropical granivorous finches [PDF]
, 2007 Animal community structures, life histories and individual foraging behaviour are all an outcome of a trade-off between competition for resources (and thus the risk of starvation) and survival (and thus the risk of predation).
Brandt, Miriam J.
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Mammalian nest predation induces small-scale nest site switching in territorial tawny owl (Strix aluco) females [PDF]
, 2020 Nest predation is a major factor affecting fitness in birds. Individuals are expected to respond to nest predation by selecting safe nesting sites and by moving away from risky sites.
Ericsson, Daniel, +6 more
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