Nest concealment but not human visitation predicts predation of New Holland Honeyeater nests

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Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 345-345
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William E. Davis
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Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 303-307 ◽  
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Irais Medina Montaño ◽  
John Rappole ◽  
Felipe Campos Cerda
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The Auk ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-242
Author(s):  
Dirk E. Burhans ◽  
Frank R. Thompson III

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Vol 106 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-68 ◽  
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Sarah Lambert ◽  
Sonia Kleindorfer
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Vol 158 (4) ◽  
pp. 1111-1117 ◽  
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Qing-Shan Zhao ◽  
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Li-Jun Chen ◽  
Manuel Antonio González ◽  
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The Condor ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 103 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-133 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine P. Ortega ◽  
Joseph C. Ortega

AbstractWe documented effects of Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) parasitism on Chipping Sparrows (Spizella passerina) in southwest Colorado. Overall, 17 of 77 nests (22%) were parasitized. Abandonment was significantly higher among parasitized nests (29%) than unparasitized nests (5%). More Chipping Sparrows hatched and fledged per unparasitized nest than per parasitized nest. Reduction of host hatching and fledging rates in parasitized nests was attributable to smaller clutch size and higher abandonment. The major source of nest failure was predation, not parasitism; overall, 53% failed from predation, and only 6% failed from parasitism. There were no differences in weight, ulna length, tarsometatarsus length, or length of outermost primary between sparrow nestlings in parasitized and unparasitized nests. Only 18% of cowbird eggs laid resulted in a fledged cowbird. We observed no differences in nest placement or nest concealment between unparasitized and parasitized nests.


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Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 646-660 ◽  
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Kathi L. Borgmann ◽  
Courtney J. Conway

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