Forest structure determines nest box use by Central European boreal owls
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F60076658%3A12310%2F22%3A43904631" target="_blank" >RIV/60076658:12310/22:43904631 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/60460709:41210/22:91160 RIV/60460709:41330/22:91160
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-08792-y" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-08792-y</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-08792-y" target="_blank" >10.1038/s41598-022-08792-y</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Forest structure determines nest box use by Central European boreal owls
Original language description
Nest boxes represent a popular tool to support secondary cavity-nesting species. Surprisingly, the benefits and limitations of nest boxes for target species in different environments are poorly understood. We performed a 3-years experimental study in two different Central European forests to evaluate nest box use and breeding performance of boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) - a species well known for its readiness to occupy nest boxes. Based on territorial vocalisation, two boreal owl populations 200 km apart were similarly abundant in their environments. However, only the boreal owl population in young restored Norway (Picea abies) and blue (Picea pungens) spruce-dominated forests on mountain plateaus readily occupied nest boxes with the occupancy reaching 8-15%. Nest boxes lost their supporting function for the boreal owl in mature Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)-dominated forests in the lowland, where the nest box occupancy reached 0-1%. As a result, the population of boreal owls that used nest boxes in the young restored forests produced 10 times more fledglings than the population inhabiting mature Scots pine forests. We explain the differences by the contrasting availability of natural tree cavities between the two study areas being much higher in mature Scots pine forests. For the first time, this study documents differences in nest box use despite similar food availability and population size of the target species. The study provides the findings-related recommendations for deploying nest boxes for boreal owls and points out a general lack of practical guides.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10618 - Ecology
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2022
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Scientific Reports
ISSN
2045-2322
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
12
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
13
Pages from-to
nestrankovano
UT code for WoS article
000770698200003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85126712637