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DOI10.3184/175815516X14575520344993
Nesting height and nest-cup volume variation in Rufous Bush Chats (Cercotrichas galactotes) inhabiting Algerian oases: consequences for breeding success
Tabib, Rabie1; Adamou, Ala-Eddine2,3; Ouakid, Mohamed Laid1; Gladalski, Michal4; Banbura, Jerzy4
通讯作者Banbura, Jerzy
来源期刊AVIAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH
ISSN1758-1559
EISSN1758-1567
出版年2016
卷号9期号:2页码:114-119
英文摘要

The placement and size of birds’ nests may have direct consequences for their breeding success. Here, we examined if the location and design of Rufous Bush Chat (Cercotrichas galactotes) nests influenced their breeding success in the Al Amri Oasis, at the base of Saharan Atlas, north Algeria, in 2008-2009 and 2011-2013. The mean height of nests above ground level was 2.26 +/- 0.09 (SE) m, ranging from 0.5 to 4.9 m and the mean nest-cup volume was 246.60 +/- 11.82 (SE) cm(3), ranging from 102.95 to 471.24 cm(3). Nest-cup volumes were positively associated with the height of nests and breeding success was strongly positively associated with the height of nests above ground level. We conclude that pairs of Rufous Bush Chats that bred in higher nests had higher levels of breeding success because they suffered lower predation rates from ground-based predators than lower nests. Lower nests, which are more vulnerable to ground-based predators are likely to be smaller in order to make them less visible to visually searching predators and may also fit more snugly into the smaller leaf stems of smaller palms. These findings agree with the hypothetical predictions based on the properties of palm physical structure as a support for nests, the tree size structure of plantations and the risk of predation.


英文关键词nest characteristics nest design breeding performance breeding success Rufous Bush Robin
类型Article
语种英语
国家Algeria ; Poland
收录类别SCI-E
WOS记录号WOS:000376599500006
WOS关键词BLACKBIRDS TURDUS-MERULA ; TITS PARUS-MAJOR ; CLUTCH SIZE ; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS ; CYANISTES-CAERULEUS ; THERMAL-PROPERTIES ; PREDATION ; BIRDS ; INCUBATION ; POPULATION
WOS类目Agriculture, Dairy & Animal Science ; Ornithology ; Zoology
WOS研究方向Agriculture ; Zoology
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/191695
作者单位1.Badji Mokhtar Univ, Fac Sci, Dept Biol, BP 12, Annaba, Algeria;
2.Univ Amar Telidji, Fac Sci, Dept Agron, BP 37, Laghouat, Algeria;
3.Univ Amar Telidji, Lab Mecan, Equipe Desertificat & Climat, BP 37, Laghouat, Algeria;
4.Univ Lodz, Fac Biol & Environm Protect, Dept Expt Zool & Evolutionary Biol, Banacha 12-16, PL-90237 Lodz, Poland
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Tabib, Rabie,Adamou, Ala-Eddine,Ouakid, Mohamed Laid,et al. Nesting height and nest-cup volume variation in Rufous Bush Chats (Cercotrichas galactotes) inhabiting Algerian oases: consequences for breeding success[J],2016,9(2):114-119.
APA Tabib, Rabie,Adamou, Ala-Eddine,Ouakid, Mohamed Laid,Gladalski, Michal,&Banbura, Jerzy.(2016).Nesting height and nest-cup volume variation in Rufous Bush Chats (Cercotrichas galactotes) inhabiting Algerian oases: consequences for breeding success.AVIAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH,9(2),114-119.
MLA Tabib, Rabie,et al."Nesting height and nest-cup volume variation in Rufous Bush Chats (Cercotrichas galactotes) inhabiting Algerian oases: consequences for breeding success".AVIAN BIOLOGY RESEARCH 9.2(2016):114-119.
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