Winter night inspections of nest boxes affect their occupancy and reuse for roosting by cavity nesting birds

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61989592:15410/12:33139978

Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/000164512X653944" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/000164512X653944</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/000164512X653944" target="_blank" >10.3161/000164512X653944</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Winter night inspections of nest boxes affect their occupancy and reuse for roosting by cavity nesting birds

Original language description

Overwintering strategies are important for the survival of resident birds in temperate climates and among the most important are adjustments in roosting behaviour. In cavity roosting birds, previous studies have frequently used contact checks of man-madenest boxes to quantify roost-site occupancy. However, there is a concern that occupancy rate estimated by this method may be biased due to procedural disturbance. In this study, we quantified this potential bias by examining the winter time occupancy of182 nest boxes in a floodplain forest in the Czech Republic. Nest boxes were checked three times a month from November to February 2007-2010 by three methods with decreasing level of potential disturbance. We obtained 1319 records of roosting birds of three species, with 94% being Great Tits, Parus major. We found a considerable decline in nest box occupancy throughout the winter when using the contact method (capture and handling of the bird), whilst occupancy rates remained constant w

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

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)<br>S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2012

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Acta Ornithologica

ISSN

0001-6454

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

47

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

79-85

UT code for WoS article

000308783600009

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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