Temporal variation in nest predation risk along habitat edges between grassland and secondary forest in Central Europe

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41330/12:54337
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-011-0582-2" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-011-0582-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10344-011-0582-2" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10344-011-0582-2</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Temporal variation in nest predation risk along habitat edges between grassland and secondary forest in Central Europe
Original language description
Habitat fragmentation alters many ecological processes, including trophic cascades. For example, increased predation pressure along habitat edges has often been observed in fragmented landscapes. Here, we studied how nest predation risk varies along thetransition zone between grassland and mixed forest in Central Europe. Using artificial nests, we tested the two mechanisms that are expected to underlie higher predation rates along edges: (1) the matrix effect model that supposes predator penetration from a habitat type with higher predator density to one with lower predator density and (2) the ecotonal effect model that assumes specific predator preferences for habitat edges. Although our results do not fully support either of these scenarios, our data show high temporal instability in nest predation along forest-grassland edges. Predation was higher in habitat interiors compared to edges during the first year, whereas the opposite pattern was observed during the subsequent year. In a
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
EH - Ecology - communities
OECD FORD branch
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Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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