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Experimental enlargement of nest size does not increase risk of predation or brood parasitism in the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus

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    0442107 - ÚBO 2016 RIV GB eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Jelínek, Václav - Procházka, Petr - Honza, Marcel
    Experimental enlargement of nest size does not increase risk of predation or brood parasitism in the Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus.
    Ibis. Roč. 157, č. 2 (2015), s. 396-400. ISSN 0019-1019. E-ISSN 1474-919X
    Grant CEP: GA AV ČR IAA600930903; GA ČR(CZ) GAP506/12/2404
    Institucionální podpora: RVO:68081766
    Klíčová slova: Common Cuckoo * nest survival * predation
    Kód oboru RIV: EG - Zoologie
    Impakt faktor: 1.804, rok: 2015

    We assessed whether nest size affects the probability of nest loss using dyads of large and small (large being twice the size of small) inactive Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus nests placed at similar sites in Great Reed Warbler territories. Large nests were not predated significantly more frequently than small nests. Experimentally enlarged active Great Reed Warbler nests suffered non-significantly higher predation compared with non-manipulated control nests. Our experiments did not support the nest-size hypothesis and suggested that nest size does not appear to be a factor affecting the risk of nest predation in this species. The probability of brood parasitism by the Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus was also unaffected by experimental nest enlargement, supporting the commonly accepted hypothesis that the Common Cuckoo searches for suitable host nests by host activity during nest building rather than nest size.
    Trvalý link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0244996

     
     
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