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Density Estimates of Endangered Endemic Rodents Suggest Broader Impacts of Invasive Burmese Pythons Following a Category 4 Hurricane in the Florida Keys

Biological Diversity, EarlyView.
Density estimates of two endangered rodent subspecies, endemic to Key Largo, Florida, USA. These findings illustrate the contrasting dynamics of two native species associated with the prevalence of invasive Burmese pythons and global change. The woodrats' decline emphasizes its potential risk of extinction as global change continues to impact island ...
Shauna M. Sayers, Brent S. Pease, Brandon W. McDonald, Isabella R. Collamati, Jeremy D. Dixon, Michael V. Cove   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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, Larkin A. Powell, George A. Gale   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Spatial metrics in fire ecology: seeking consistency amidst complexity

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Technological advances, including remote sensing, have led to a proliferation of metrics used in ecological studies to examine spatial patterns of fire regimes and their ecological effects. Researchers can use many different metrics to analyse spatial variation in both fire events and resulting fire regimes, including fire size, shape ...
Alexander R. Carey, Geoffrey J. Cary, Teigan Cremona, Hugh F. Davies, Brett P. Murphy, Sam C. Banks   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatiotemporal variation and driving mechanisms of nest predation on Spotted Doves along an urbanization gradient

Avian Research
Nest predation is a critical driver of avian reproductive success, yet its response to urbanization remains controversial. Using infrared camera traps to monitor 133 artificial nests and 32 natural nests of the Spotted Dove (Spilopelia chinensis) along ...
Qingxin Fang, Wanyou Li, Junpeng Bai, Fengxi Hu, Zhen Zhang, Long Ma, Luzhang Ruan   +6 more
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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, Amanda Starling-Windhof, James V Briskie, Thomas E Martin   +3 more
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Age and sex-selective predation moderate the overall impact of predators [PDF]

, 2014
© 2014 The Authors. Journal of Animal Ecology published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society. Acknowledgements: Thanks to J. Reid, S. Redpath, A.
Davison, Martin, Hoy, Sarah R, Lambin, Xavier, Marquiss, Michael, Millon, Alexandre, Petty, Steve J, Whitfield, D Philip   +6 more
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Diet of bird‐like troodontid dinosaurs: synthesis of a contentious clade

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Troodontidae is a clade of small‐to medium‐sized maniraptoran theropods that mainly lived in Laurasia (modern Asia, North America and Europe) during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and are believed to have had a variety of diets. The uniqueness of troodontid teeth suggests that they diverged from the typical flesh‐based diet of non‐avian ...
Yui Chi Fan, Case Vincent Miller, Michael Pittman   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing the use of artificial nests for predicting predation pressure in New Zealand forest fragments : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science in Ecology at Massey University [PDF]

, 2005
Using artificial nests to predict the predation pressure on natural bird nests has been the subject of over 400 publications, the vast majority quantifying aspects that affect nest success.
Lewis, Rebecca May
core  

Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Water is a fundamental currency of life, and its availability significantly influences animal behaviour, physiology and distributions. However, our knowledge around the dependence on water for drinking and the direct and indirect mechanisms driving related behaviours remains partial in the context of changing climates. Here, we review patterns
Shannon R. Conradie, Marc T. Freeman
wiley   +1 more source

Experiments Reveal That Search Image Might Be Responsible for Seasonal Variation in Nest-Predation Rates

Diversity
Investigations of seasonal variations in nest predation rates yield highly variable results. Some investigations argue that search image is responsible for some of the nest-predation patterns, but as far as we know, this study is the first in which ...
Magne Husby, Turid Verdal
doaj   +1 more source