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Diversity of raptors and nest sites characteristics in an urban area in Southern Chile
Urban areas form a complex, heterogeneous, fragmented mosaic of habitats, including ecosystems in different degrees of alteration. Nevertheless, some...
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Can you nest where you roost? Waterbirds use different sites but similar cues to locate roosting and breeding sites in a small Indian city
Tropical cities provide challenging conditions for resident wild species to undertake critical activities such as roosting and breeding. Tree-nesting...
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Tits (Paridae sp.) use social information when locating and choosing nest lining material
AbstractAs an important determinant of reproductive success, avian nest building is under strong selection and requires behavioral plasticity to...
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Cog in the migration wheel: migratory waggle dances are necessary but not sufficient in the nest movement of the Asian giant honeybee Apis dorsata
Honeybees use waggle dances to inform nestmates about the locations of food and nest sites. The waggle duration corresponds to the distance to a...
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Nest-site selection in a fish species with paternal care
Fish that perform paternal care may increase their fitness by choosing nest sites that enhance survival and development of embryos. We studied...
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Foraging behavior and the nest architecture of a high-Andean stingless bee (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) revealed by X-ray computerized tomography
Stingless bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Meliponini) are key pollinators of both cultivated and wild plants in tropical and subtropical areas of the...
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Nest Site Selection and Nest Construction in the Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus L., 1758) (Sylviidae, Aves) in the Taiga Zone of Northwestern Russia
AbstractData obtained over 50 years of research on habitat selection, nest site choice, breeding behavior, and the characteristics of nests of the...
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A first description of the nest behavior of the red and green macaw (Ara chloropterus) (a case study)
We made video and audio recordings of two adult and two immature red and green macaws in a cliff nest in the Brazilian Cerrado on 6 days when the...
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Ticks in the box: Argas persicus occurrence in nest boxes of secondary cavity-nesting bird species in Italy
Migratory organisms can be vectors of parasitic host organisms that can then be transported along seasonal migratory journeys and spread across...
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Domed nests as an exaptation for compound nest construction: the case of the common waxbill
AbstractNests are essential for breeding in many birds, and differ widely in morphology across species. Only a few bird species build compound nests,...
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Early parental nest initiation carries over to the departure date and quality of fledglings from the breeding grounds in the Purple Martin
The mortality rate of long-distance migrants is known to peak in the period between fledging and completing the first year of life. Our understanding...
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Ancient, veteran and other listed trees as nest sites for wild-living honey bee, Apis mellifera, colonies
Wild-living honey bee ( Apis mellifera ) colonies naturally nest in old cavity-bearing trees throughout their range, but this important nesting habitat...
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Remote video analysis of an unusual fish life-history combination: nest-building, paternal care, and protogyny in a seabream
Seabreams from two genera, Spondyliosoma and Spicara , have a unique life-history that combines nesting, paternal care, and protogyny. Whereas...
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Assessment of nest architecture and pollination efficiency of Lasioglossum (Evylaeus) marginatum (Helictidae: Hymenoptera)
Lasioglossum marginatum sp. is the most efficient pollinator of stone fruit crops (such as peach, plum, and cherry). Its proportional contribution to...
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Investing in a nest egg: intraspecific variation in the timing of egg laying across a latitudinal gradient
Avian reproductive strategies vary widely, and many studies of life-history variation have focused on the incubation and hatching stages of nesting....
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Nest characteristics and food supply affect reproductive output of white storks Ciconia ciconia in semi-arid areas
The aim of this study was to test the influence of nest site characteristics and food supplementation from rubbish dumps on reproductive parameters...
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Effect of landscape complexity, nesting substrate, and nest orientation on cavity-nesting solitary bees in southern Punjab, Pakistan
Solitary bees are in constant decline due to climate change, pesticide toxicity, and habitat loss. Provision of nesting sites is an important...
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Effects of winter weather conditions on abundance fluctuations in a nest box breeding population of the Common Merganser Mergus merganser in the southern coast of Finland
Earlier studies based on censuses of adult birds in spring suggest that the Common Merganser Mergus merganser population in Finland has been rather...
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Food-hoarding and nest-building propensities are associated in a cavity-nesting bird
AbstractThe underlying mechanisms connecting correlated behaviors in wild populations remain largely unknown. Food-caching behavior is a prime...
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Spatial variation in predator communities, predation risk, and shorebird daily nest survival near a sub-Arctic human settlement
In the Arctic, nest predation risk is higher at lower latitudes, and some shorebirds (Charadriidae) nesting at the southernmost limits of their...
