Nest position and type affect predation rates of artificial avian nests in the tropical lowland forest on Mount Cameroon

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11310%2F14%3A10283371" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11310/14:10283371 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2014.900830" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2014.900830</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/00306525.2014.900830" target="_blank" >10.2989/00306525.2014.900830</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Nest position and type affect predation rates of artificial avian nests in the tropical lowland forest on Mount Cameroon

Original language description

Nest predation is the leading cause of reproductive failure in birds and thus it shapes their life history strategies. Intensities of nest predation appear to differ among nest locations and types in both temperate and tropical regions. However, there islimited knowledge of factors influencing susceptibility of avian nests to predation in Africa. The aim of our study was to investigate artificial nest predation rates of different ground and shrub nests located at different heights in the rainforest undergrowth. We placed artificial avian nests within a homogeneous lowland forest interior with sparse forest undergrowth in the Mount Cameroon National Park, Cameroon. We exposed three sets of nests: 50 bare-ground, 50 cup-ground and 50 cup-shrub nests, for 10 d. Predation was higher for cup-ground nests compared to cup-shrub nests, and bare-ground nests were more depredated than cup-ground nests. We concluded that the presence of a cup as well as higher nest position significantly increas

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

EG - Zoology

OECD FORD branch

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Project

<a href="/en/project/GAP505%2F11%2F1617" target="_blank" >GAP505/11/1617: Functional determinants of geographical gradients in avian diversity in sub-Saharan Africa</a><br>

Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2014

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Ostrich

ISSN

0030-6525

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

85

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

ZA - SOUTH AFRICA

Number of pages

4

Pages from-to

93-96

UT code for WoS article

000335979100012

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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