IADIZA 20886
INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE INVESTIGACIONES DE LAS ZONAS ARIDAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
LACK OF EFFECTS OF MICROHABITAT CHARACTERISTICS ON NEST PREDATION AND BROOD PARASITISM IN CREAMY-BELLIED THRUSH (TURDUS AMAUROCHALINUS)
Autor/es:
ASTIÉ, ANDREA ALEJANDRA
Revista:
ORNITOLOGIA NEOTROPICAL
Editorial:
NEOTROPICAL ORNITHOLOGICAL SOC
Referencias:
Lugar: ALEMANIA; Año: 2013 vol. 24 p. 311 - 320
ISSN:
1075-4377
Resumen:
Nestpredationandbroodparasitismarekeyfactorsaffectingnestsurvivalinpasserinebirds.Asaresult,birdsmayselectnestsitesthatminimizetheprobabilityofnestsbeingfoundbypredatorsorbybroodparasites.Nevertheless,evidenceremainsequivocal.Myobjectivewastodeterminetherelationshipbetweennestmicrohabitatcharacteristics(nestconcealment,distancetoaroad,distancetowater,andsubstrate)andnestpredationratesorbroodparasitismratesintheCreamy-belliedThrush.Ifoundnorelationshipbetweenthemicrohabitatcharacteristicsstudiedandnestpredationorbroodparasitismrates.Thisstudy,inconcordancewithseveralpreviousstudies,failstosupport the hypothesisthatnest-siteselectionaffectnestpredationorbroodparasitismrates.
