Understanding avian nest predation: why ornithologists should study snakes

By G. Blouin‐Demers. 2004

227 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

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In Ecology

1. A. Chalfoun
2. J. D. Ibáñez-Álamo
3. P. Warren
4. S. Faeth
5. T. E. Martin
6. R. Magrath
7. T. Haff
8. W. A. Marussich

In Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

1. A. Chalfoun
2. P. Warren
3. S. Faeth
4. J. D. Ibáñez-Álamo
5. T. E. Martin
6. L. Zanette
7. E. Shochat
8. R. Magrath

Citations in the corpus

• Trophic Dynamics in Urban Communities (2005, background): “…lizards) become still less abundant because of human activities, then reptile predation on birds’ eggs and nestlings (e.g., Patten and Bolger 2003, Weatherhead and Blouin-Demers 2004) should also diminish, and may contribute to even higher densities of some urban birds and to increasingly…”
• Nest predation research: recent findings and future perspectives (2015, background): “To understand how anthropogenic change and human disturbance affect nest predation requires knowing the ecology of nest predators (Chalfoun et al. 2002a, b; Thompson and Burhans 2003; Weatherhead and BlouinDemers 2004; Benson et al. 2010; DeGregorio et al. 2014a).”
• Food availability affects diurnal nest predation and adult antipredator behaviour in song sparrows, Melospiza melodia (2006, background): “…able to deter predators of nestlings than they are those of eggs, indicating that predators of nestlings may be relatively large and aggressive birds (e.g. raptors, McCallum & Hannon 2001), medium-sized mammals (Pietz & Granfors 2000) and/or snakes (reviewed in Weatherhead & Blouin-Demers 2004).”
• Snake activity affects seasonal variation in nest predation risk for birds (2008, background): “Best 1978, Ricketts and Ritchison 2000, Morrison and Bolger 2002), and improved camera technology that allows identification of nest predators has confirmed the importance of snakes (Weatherhead and Blouin-Demers 2004).”
• Assessments of habitat preferences and quality depend on spatial scale and metrics of fitness (2007, background): “Predation risk is often the result of complex interactions between predator abundance and behaviour, availability of alternative prey, landscape context and habitat structure, and can therefore vary significantly both temporally and spatially (Crowder & Cooper 1982; Salamolard et al . 2000; Chalfoun”