Direct evidence for nest predation by the edible dormouse (Glis glis, Rodentia) in open-cup nesting songbirds

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F24%3A73627732" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/24:73627732 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.24090" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.25225/jvb.24090</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.25225/jvb.24090" target="_blank" >10.25225/jvb.24090</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Direct evidence for nest predation by the edible dormouse (Glis glis, Rodentia) in open-cup nesting songbirds

Original language description

For most rodent species, there is a lack of detailed studies of their diet to understand their predatory impact on other vertebrate taxa. For this reason, rodent predation on bird nests remains a largely unexplored field. Here we provide the first direct evidence, with the use of time-lapse video surveillance, that edible dormouse Glis glis depredated or attempted to depredate eggs and nestlings of two open-nesting passerine species, the Eurasian blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, and the common blackbird Turdus merula in a central European woodland. In the blackcap, we detected three predation events. In the first two cases, edible dormouse drove away incubating/brooding females and preyed upon either the eggs or the nestlings. The third case documents egg predation on an abandoned nest. In the blackbird, we document a single case of dormouse attacking a brooding female. The female and nestlings managed to escape. The fifth case documents an attempt to forage on eggs in an abandoned song thrush Turdus philomelos nest. Our observations provide evidence for dormice predation on passerine birds and highlight the value of direct nest surveillance for documenting rodent predation on birds.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY

ISSN

2694-7684

e-ISSN

2694-7684

Volume of the periodical

73

Issue of the periodical within the volume

OCT

Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

"24090-1"-"24090-5"

UT code for WoS article

001356231900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85207350600