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Does Vertical Partitioning of Nest Sites Decrease Nest Predation? [PDF]
The Auk, 2000 Abstract Partitioning of nest heights among co-occurring species in response to nest predation has been proposed as a process that helps to structure avian species assemblages. In the experiment reported here, we used artificial nests baited with Japanese Quail (Coturnix japonica) eggs to test (1) whether both rate and final level of ...
Reitsma, Leonard R. +1 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Neandertals are known to possess very distinctive traits in their bony labyrinth morphology, such as an inferiorly positioned posterior canal and a very low number of turns in the cochlea. Hence, the inner ear has been often used to assess the Neandertal status of fragmentary fossils.
Alessandro Urciuoli +6 more
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Predator identity influences the effect of habitat management on nest predation [PDF]
Ecological Applications, 2015 Predation is the leading cause of nest failure for many passerines and considerable effort is devoted to identifying the habitat characteristics and management practices that influence nest loss. The habitat components associated with nest loss are strongly influenced by the ecology of nest predators and differ among predator species as a result ...
Lyons, Timothy +3 more
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Interspecific information on predation risk affects nest site choice in a passerine bird
BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2018 Background Breeding site choice constitutes an important part of the species niche. Nest predation affects breeding site choice, and has been suggested to drive niche segregation and local coexistence of species. Interspecific social information use may,
Jere Tolvanen +5 more
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Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper reports on the excavation of a cache of stone artefacts, buried on the bank of a waterhole or ‘billabong’ in central western Queensland. This is an extremely rare find, and yet it is the second such site to be reported within less than a 10 km radius.
Yinika L. Perston +5 more
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Predator-induced nest site preference: safe nests allow courtship in sticklebacks [PDF]
Animal Behaviour, 1998 Reproductive activities often increase the susceptibility of individuals to predators. Individuals may be able to reduce this risk of predation, however, by their choice of breeding habitat, as the structural complexity of habitats is known to affect predator foraging success.
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Effects of roadside edge on nest predators and nest survival of Asian tropical forest birds
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2018 Creation of roadside forest edges can have indirect effects on forest bird communities, as edges can promote species detrimental to forest-nesting birds such as nest predators.
Daphawan Khamcha +2 more
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Archaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Shell middens in Gippsland along the eastern half of Victoria's coastline have usually been characterised as small, short‐duration camp sites with relatively low shell densities and low taxonomic diversity. Here we present new excavation results from a dense, high‐diversity site at Red Bluff near the eastern end of GunaiKurnai Country, a ...
Patrick Faulkner +17 more
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Do artificial nests reveal relative nest predation risk for real nests?
Journal of Avian Biology, 2002 Present knowledge of the effects of nest predation on spatial distribution, habitat selection and community structure of birds is to a large extent based on results from experiments with artificial nests. Although nest predation risk is likely to differ between artificial and real nests, most previous studies of nest predation ...
Tomas Pärt, Johan Wretenberg
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Introduced mammalian predators induce behavioural changes in parental care in an endemic New Zealand bird. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2008 The introduction of predatory mammals to oceanic islands has led to the extinction of many endemic birds. Although introduced predators should favour changes that reduce predation risk in surviving bird species, the ability of island birds to respond to ...
Melanie Massaro +3 more
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