Cover at nesting sites selected by breeding birds can reduce the risk of nest predation. Using artificial nests, we tested whether dense cover reduces nest predation upon understory birds (rhinocryptids) in temperate forest ...

Nest orientation in social insects has been intensively studied in warmer and cooler climates, particularly in the northern hemisphere. Previous studies have consistently shown that species subjected to these climatic ...

Diverse factors may limit nest-site selection; however, nest predation has long been considered a main factor driving nest-site selection in birds. Marsh-nesting birds face a particularly important trade-off between habitat ...

Nest site selection of Kelp gulls Larus dominicanus breeding in Conejo and Bridges islands, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, was assessed between 14 and 30 December 2005 to describe variability in nest site features and determine ...

Nest predation and brood parasitism are key factors affecting nest survival in passerine birds. As a result, birds may select nest sites that minimize the probability of nests being found by predators or by brood parasites. ...

We studied nest-site selection of the flightless Chubut Steamer Duck (Tachyeres leucocephalus) along 292km of continental coastline and 59km of island coastline in Patagonia, Argentina, between 2004 and 2006. This area ...