Distribution and Breeding Success of Pallid Swifts, Apus pallidus, on Mediterranean Islands: Nest Predation by the Roof Rat, Rattus rattus, and Nest Site Quality

Oikos ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aura Penloup ◽  
Jean-Louis Martin ◽  
Gérard Gory ◽  
Daniel Brunstein ◽  
Vincent Bretagnolle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Success ◽  
Nest Predation ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Rattus Rattus ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Mediterranean Islands

Song rate as a signal for nest site quality in blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla)

1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 399-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hoi-Leitner ◽  
H. Nechtelberger ◽  
H. Hoi
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Sylvia Atricapilla ◽  
Song Rate

Introduced predators and cavity-nesting seabirds: unexpected low level of interaction at breeding sites

2008 ◽  
Vol 86 (9) ◽  
pp. 1068-1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Ruffino ◽  
K. Bourgeois ◽  
E. Vidal ◽  
J. Icard ◽  
F. Torre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rattus Rattus ◽  
Breeding Cycle ◽  
Mediterranean Islands ◽  
Breeding Sites ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Black Rat ◽  
Cavity Nesting ◽  
Introduced Predators ◽  
Puffinus Yelkouan ◽  
First Time

The mechanisms by which introduced predators and long-lived seabirds interact and even coexist are still poorly known. Here, the interactions between the widely introduced black rat ( Rattus rattus (L., 1758)) and an endemic Mediterranean cavity-nesting seabird, the yelkouan shearwater ( Puffinus yelkouan (Acerbi, 1827)), were for the first time investigated for a set of 60 suitable breeding cavities throughout the entire breeding cycle of this seabird. Our results pointed out that rat visits to cavities were significantly higher when shearwaters had left the colony for their interbreeding exodus. Among the set of suitable breeding cavities, yelkouan shearwaters preferentially selected the deepest and the most winding cavities for breeding. Very few rat visits were recorded at the shearwater-occupied cavities and no predation event was recorded. These intriguing results reveal a low level of interaction between introduced black rats and yelkouan shearwaters, which may have facilitated their long-term coexistence for thousands of years on some Mediterranean islands.

The role of nest‐site selection and cereal production in differential nest predation in Common Quail Coturnix coturnix and hybrid quail C. coturnix  ×  C. japonica

Ibis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 158 (4) ◽  
pp. 784-795 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlia Capdevila ◽  
Manel Puigcerver ◽  
Sònia López ◽  
Elisabet Pérez‐Masdeu ◽  
Eduardo García‐Galea ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Nest Predation ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Nest Site Selection ◽  
Coturnix Coturnix ◽  
Cereal Production ◽  
Common Quail

A helping hand: artificial nest site provisioning increases breeding success of a tropical seabird

2016 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 233-239
Author(s):  
LA Hart ◽  
J Gane ◽  
I Olivier ◽  
CT Downs ◽  
M Brown
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Success ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Artificial Nest
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