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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 REUSE AND COMMUNAL NESTING IN MICROTHURGE-CORUMBAE (HYMENOPTERA, MEGACHILIDAE), WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NEST DEFENSE
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 1992-01-01)
Observations on the nesting activities of Microthurge corumbae, carried out at the University Campus of Ribeirao Preto, São Paulo, Brazil, from 1977 to 1981, indicated that 61.9% of nests were re-used by succeeding ...
Breeding biology and nest site characteristics of the scarlet ibis in southeastern Brazil
(2001-04-01)
The breeding biology of the only Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber colony in southeastern Brazil was studied during the 1996-97 breeding season. The ibises began to visit their colony site by mid-September. Nest building and ...
Nest architecture of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 (Formicidae, Ponerinae)
(Birkhauser Verlag Ag, 2010-02-01)
Nine nests of Pachycondyla striata Fr. Smith, 1858 were excavated between 2006 and 2007 at the UNESP university campus in Rio Claro, SP, southeastern Brazil. The P. striata population was larger in the two nests excavated ...
Nest location, clutch size and nest success in the Scarlet Ibis Eudocimus ruber
(British Ornithologists Union, 2003-01-01)
Breeding success and nest-site characteristics were studied during the 1996-1997 breeding season in a colony of Scarlet Ibises Eudocimus ruber in south-eastern Brazil to test the hypothesis that nest-site characteristics ...
Nest-mate recognition in Manuelia postica (Apidae : Xylocopinae): an eusocial trait is present in a solitary bee
(ROYAL SOC, 2007-11-01)
In eusocial Hymenoptera, females are more tolerant towards nest-mate than towards non-nest-mate
females. In solitary Hymenoptera, females are generally aggressive towards any conspecific female. Field
observations of the ...
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 ...
Buildings promote higher incubation temperatures and reduce nest attentiveness in a Neotropical thrush
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2020-07-09)
Incubation is an energetically costly parental task of breeding birds. Incubating parents respond to environmental variation and nest-site features to adjust the balance between the time spent incubating (i.e. nest ...
Cavity characteristics, but not habitat, influence nest survival of cavity-nesting birds along a gradient of human impact in the subtropical Atlantic Forest
(Elsevier, 2015-04)
Cavity-nesting vertebrates are an important component of biodiversity in tropical and subtropical forests, but their persistence will increasingly depend on remnant trees in logged forest and agricultural areas. To identify ...