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DOI | 10.3184/175815516X14575520344993 |
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
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ISSN | 1758-1559 |
EISSN | 1758-1567 |
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 |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | 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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