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Nest predation and semicolonial breeding in Linnets Carduelis cannabina: Nest predation in Linnets in Denmark was caused mainly by Hooded Crows Corvus corone cornix and Magpies Pica pica with no experimental evidence of antipredator aggression
Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2002 |
Authors: | Drachmann, J, Broberg, MM, S⊘gaard, P |
Journal: | Bird Study |
Volume: | 49 |
Date Published: | 2002 |
ISBN Number: | 0006-3657 |
Keywords: | Acanthis, Acanthis cannabina, Carduelis, Carduelis cannabina, Corone, Corone cornix, Corone corone, Corvidae, Corvus, Corvus cornix, Corvus corone, Corvus corone cornix, Corvus corone corone, Denmark, Fringillidae, Linaria, Linaria cannabina, Pica, Pica hudsonia, Pica pica |
Abstract: | Aims To investigate the influence of nest clumping on the risk of nest predation in Linnets, a species that often breeds semi-colonially. Methods The predation rates on clumped and randomly distributed nests were compared by the use of artificial nest experiments. Additionally, the behaviour of Linnets towards a potential nest predator was studied by presenting a mounted Magpie near the nest of breeding Linnets. Results The artificial nest experiments showed that semi-colonial breeding was not likely to increase the risk of nest predation, and an experiment with the mounted Magpie showed that Linnets did not exhibit anti-predator aggression. Conclusion Semi-colonial breeding, resulting in increased local nest density, did not appear to influence the risk of nest predation in Linnets. We suggest that semi-colonial breeding in Linnets is a means of pooling information on food sources.Aims To investigate the influence of nest clumping on the risk of nest predation in Linnets, a species that often breeds semi-colonially. Methods The predation rates on clumped and randomly distributed nests were compared by the use of artificial nest experiments. Additionally, the behaviour of Linnets towards a potential nest predator was studied by presenting a mounted Magpie near the nest of breeding Linnets. Results The artificial nest experiments showed that semi-colonial breeding was not likely to increase the risk of nest predation, and an experiment with the mounted Magpie showed that Linnets did not exhibit anti-predator aggression. Conclusion Semi-colonial breeding, resulting in increased local nest density, did not appear to influence the risk of nest predation in Linnets. We suggest that semi-colonial breeding in Linnets is a means of pooling information on food sources. |
URL: | http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00063650209461242 |
Taxonomic name:
Carduelis (Birds),
Corvidae (Birds),
Corvus (Birds),
Corvus cornix (Birds),
Corvus Cornix (Birds),
Corvus corone (Birds),
Corvus Corone (Birds),
Fringillidae (Birds),
Linaria (Birds),
Linaria cannabina (Birds),
Pica (Birds),
Pica pica (Birds)
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Ed Baker,
Katherine Bouton
Alice Heaton
Dimitris Koureas,
Laurence Livermore,
Dave Roberts,
Simon Rycroft,
Ben Scott,
Vince Smith