Reduced predation of artificial nests in border-edge cuts on woodlots
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Published source details
Fleming K.K. & Giuliano W.M. (2001) Reduced predation of artificial nests in border-edge cuts on woodlots. Journal of Wildlife Management, 65, 351-355.
Published source details Fleming K.K. & Giuliano W.M. (2001) Reduced predation of artificial nests in border-edge cuts on woodlots. Journal of Wildlife Management, 65, 351-355.
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This study is summarised as evidence for the following.
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Manage woodland edges for birds
A replicated, controlled and paired study from Pennsylvania, USA (Fleming & Giuliano 2001), on the same site as in (2), found that predation rates on artificial nests were over twice as high in five unmanaged woodlot edges, as in five border-cut edges (36% predation of 50 nests in five cut edges vs. 88% of 50 nests in five controls). The authors suggest this difference may be due to increased cover in cut edges. Nests were placed either on the ground, in low shrubs or in taller shrubs, up to 2 m above ground and contained two northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus eggs.
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