Nest predation decreases with increasing nest height in forest songbirds: a comparative study

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F24%3A73627779" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/24:73627779 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-023-02108-1" target="_blank" >https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10336-023-02108-1</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10336-023-02108-1" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10336-023-02108-1</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Nest predation decreases with increasing nest height in forest songbirds: a comparative study

Original language description

Nest predation is the most important factor responsible for nest failure in birds. Nest height may be a factor that affects the rate of nest depredation in different species. In this comparative study, we tested a relationship between nest height and nest depredation in open nesting songbirds. We analyzed data from 357 populations of 252 species and found that nests built high in trees were safer than those closer to the ground. Nest depredation rates strongly decreased with increasing nest height above 5 m. This could be because there are fewer nest predator species foraging in the canopy or because there is a lower density of nesting birds making it less profitable for predators to search for nests there. We also found that ground nests in open habitats were more likely to be depredated than those in shrublands and forests. This may be because open habitats are less complex and thus more easily searched by nest predators, or because most nests in open habitats are ground nests and predators can focus on them without having to search other vegetation layers.

Czech name

—

Czech description

—

Type

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

CEP classification

—

OECD FORD branch

10615 - Ornithology

Project

—

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 ORNITHOLOGY

ISSN

2193-7192

e-ISSN

2193-7206

Volume of the periodical

165

Issue of the periodical within the volume

1

Country of publishing house

DE - GERMANY

Number of pages

5

Pages from-to

257-261

UT code for WoS article

001056967900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85169332890