Habitat near nest boxes correlated with fate of eastern bluebird fledglings in an urban landscape |
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Authors: | Allyson K Jackson Joshua P Froneberger Daniel A Cristol |
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Institution: | 1. Institute for Integrative Bird Behavior Studies, College of William and Mary, P. O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA, 23187-8795, USA
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Abstract: | Nest boxes are commonly erected in managed landscapes such as backyards, golf courses and parks, attracting cavity-nesting birds to habitats they would not otherwise occupy. Although studies have shown that habitat around natural nests influences postfledging survival, this relationship has not been examined for artificial nest cavities, which humans may site at inappropriate locations. In Williamsburg, Virginia, we compared vegetation surrounding nest boxes which produced eastern bluebird fledglings that were predated by hawks within 10 days of leaving the nest to vegetation surrounding nest boxes producing surviving fledglings. We found a significant difference between PC scores for forest denseness around nest boxes that produced surviving versus predated fledglings; fledglings that survived tended to come from nest boxes with high forest and canopy cover, close trees and little grass. |
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