Multi‐year nest box occupancy and short‐term resilience to wildfire disturbance by barn owls in a vineyard agroecosystem
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DOI: 10.1002/ecs2.3438
Abstract: Landscape composition can strongly affect the delivery of ecosystem services in agroecosystems. Conserving uncultivated habitats can support ecosystem services, but in Mediterranean biomes, these lands can also increase the area susceptible to wildfires. In the… read more here.
Keywords: barn owls; box; box occupancy; nest box ... See more keywords
Patterns of nest box sharing in woodland dormice (Graphiurus murinus): Evidence for intra-sexual tolerance and communal nesting
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DOI: 10.1016/j.beproc.2020.104141
Abstract: Nest sharing in rodents and other vertebrates is believed to be promoted by the gain of thermoregulatory advantages, reproductive imperatives or to be a by-product of other benefits to group living. Here, we studied the… read more here.
Keywords: communal nesting; box sharing; patterns nest; graphiurus murinus ... See more keywords
Effects of nest-box environment on fledgling success rate and pathogen load
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DOI: 10.1017/s0031182022000695
Abstract: Abstract Abstract Nest boxes have been used for many decades as tools for conservation and to study avian population dynamics. Plastic is increasingly used as a material for nest boxes, but no studies have investigated… read more here.
Keywords: nest box; pathogen load; success; box ... See more keywords
Does temperature variation influence nest box use by the eastern pygmy-possum?
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DOI: 10.1071/am19023
Abstract: Cavity-using birds and mammals reliant on nest boxes may be negatively affected by the poor thermal buffering of nest boxes. I investigated whether nest box use by the eastern pygmy-possum (Cercartetus nanus) over a 4-year… read more here.
Keywords: eastern pygmy; nest box; nest boxes; temperature ... See more keywords
Nest-box temperature affects clutch size, incubation initiation, and nestling health in great tits
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx039
Abstract: Lay Summary Seasonal organisms use temperature as a cue in reproductive decisions, but the role of climate change is not yet clear. Here, an experimental increase in temperature during laying in a small passerine bird… read more here.
Keywords: temperature; affects clutch; incubation; temperature affects ... See more keywords
What makes a house a home? Nest box use by West European hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) is influenced by nest box placement, resource provisioning and site-based factors
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.13662
Abstract: Artificial refuges provided by householders and/or conservation practitioners potentially represent one mechanism for mitigating declines in the availability of natural nest sites used for resting, breeding and hibernating in urban areas. The effectiveness of such… read more here.
Keywords: european hedgehogs; west european; placement; box ... See more keywords