Does foraging efficiency vary with colony size in the fairy martin Petrochelidon ariel? [PDF]
, 2009 Colonial breeding occurs in a wide range of taxa, however the advantages promoting its evolution and maintenance remain poorly understood. In many avian species, breeding colonies vary by several orders of magnitude and one approach to investigating the ...
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Striped-tailed Yellow-finch nesting success in abandoned mining pits from central Brazilian cerrado
Brazilian Journal of BiologySuitability of degraded areas as breeding habitats can be tested through assessment of nest predation rates. In this study we estimated nest success in relation to several potential predictors of nest survival in the Stripe-tailed Yellow-finch (Sicalis ...
DT. Gressler, MÂ. Marini
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Hydrology management influences nest survival but not clutch size in Lesser Scaup
Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2022 Components of reproductive success such as clutch size and nest survival may greatly affect avian population growth rates. Understanding how environmental conditions influence temporal variation in these demographic parameters could thus provide valuable
Kelsey L. Navarre +2 more
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Thrips domiciles protect larvae from desiccation in an arid environment [PDF]
, 2014 Desiccation is a particular risk for small animals in arid environments. In response, many organisms “construct niches,” favorable microenvironments where they spend part or all of their life cycle. Some maintain such environments for their offspring via
Gilbert, James D.J.
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Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2010 We examined the reproductive consequences of differential nest site use in Fork-tailed Storm-Petrels (Oceanodroma furcata) in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska, where birds on islands where foxes were introduced nest in rocky substrate rather than in typical ...
Brie A. Drummond, Marty L. Leonard
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Factors influencing productivity of eastern wild turkeys in northeastern South Dakota
Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Population growth is highly sensitive to changes in reproductive rates for many avian species. Understanding how reproductive rates are related to environmental conditions can give managers insight into factors contributing to population change.
Reina M. Tyl +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Incubation breaks are necessary for any nesting bird but can increase the mortality risk of the nest or attending parent. How intrinsic and extrinsic variables affect nest attentiveness—the proportion of time a female is on nest during incubation— and ...
Jacquelyn M. Gehrt +3 more
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Survival and Growth of American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) hatchlings after artificial incubation and repatriation [PDF]
, 2006 Hatchling American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) produced from artificially incubated wild eggs were returned to their natal areas (repatriated).
Kubilis, Paul S. +4 more
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Habitat selection and nest survival in two Great Plains shorebirds
Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2020 As breeding populations of many grassland bird species decline, assessments of breeding habitat selection and reproductive success can provide useful insight into breeding ecology to support conservation delivery.
Hannah Specht +6 more
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Reproductive performance of resident and migrant males, females and pairs in a partially migratory bird [PDF]
, 2017 We thank everyone from the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) who contributed to data collection, and Scottish Natural Heritage for access to the Isle of May National Nature Reserve.
Burthe, Sarah J. +6 more
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