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Does nest-site cover reduce nest predation for rhinocryptids?
(Association of Field Ornithologists, 2004)
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 site selection by a neotropical swarm-founding wasp: seasonal alternation of nest orientation
(SPRINGER TOKYO, 2009)
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 ...
Comparative morpho-physiology of the metapleural glands of two Atta leaf-cutting ant queens nesting in clayish and organic soils
(Elsevier B. V., 2015)
Queens of leaf-cutting ants found their nests singly, each consisting of a vertical tunnel and a final horizontal chamber. Because of the claustral mode of nest founding, the queen and/or her initial fungus garden are ...
Nest Architecture and Animals Associated with Neoponera verenae (Forel) (Formicidae, Ponerinae)
(2021-09-01)
The nests of ants Neoponera have chambers that can also be occupied by other species of organisms that can be tenants, visitors or prey. However, few studies have considered the assemblage of the associated species and ...
Lack of effect of microhabitat charaacteristics on nest predation and brood parasitims in creamy-bellied thruss (Turdus Amaurochalinus)
(Neotropical Ornithological Society, 2013-11)
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. ...
Human waste used as nesting material affects nest cooling in the clay-colored thrush
(2021-09-01)
The internal temperature of nests largely depends on the materials used in their construction because the characteristics of each material affect the isolation of nest walls. In urban environments, the availability of
natural ...
Artificial covering on trap nests improves the colonization of trap-nesting wasps
(2008)
To evaluate the role that a trap-nest cover might have on sampling methodologies, the abundance of each species of trap-nesting Hymenoptera and the parasitism rate in a Canadian forest were compared between artificially ...
Effects of nest-site characteristics and parental activity on cowbird parasitism and nest predation in Brown-and-yellow MarshbirdsEfectos de las características del sitio de nidificación y actividad parental en el parasitismo de cría por tordos y predación de nidos en Pseudoleistes virescens
(Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc, 2009-03)
Nest-site selection and nest defense are strategies for reducing the costs of brood parasitism and nest predation, two selective forces that can influence avian nesting success and fitness. During 2001-2002, we analyzed ...
Causes and consequences of nest mass and structure variation in the Bay-capped Wren-spinetail Spartonoica maluroides
(Museum & Inst Zoology, 2017-07)
Bay-capped Wren-Spinetail Spartonoica maluroides (Furnariidae) nests very close to the ground in dense clumps of grasses or sedges and builds both open and enclosed nest. We describe a proportion and characteristics of ...
Nest Architecture Development of Grass-Cutting Ants, Atta capiguara (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)
(Soc Brasileira Entomologia, 2020-01-01)
Atta capiguara grass-cutting ants are commonly found in the Cerrado biome, in open fields. Although grass-cutting ants build giant nests, little has been elucidated about this building pattern and when chambers and tunnels ...