Old Nests as Cues for Nest-Site Selection by Birds: An Experimental Test in Small Even-Aged Forest Plots
Yahner RH. 1993. Old Nests as Cues for Nest-Site Selection by Birds: An Experimental Test in Small Even-Aged Forest Plots. The Condor. 95(1):239-241
Nest site selection in birds is a function of various factors, e.g., philopatry, microclimate, degree of concealment from predators, and density and characteristics of vegetation (Welty and Baptista 1988, Gill 1990). Management of small even-aged plots for ruffed grouse habitat via forest clear-cutting creates suitable habitat for an assemblage of breeding-bird species that are adpated to nesting in brushy vegetation or along edges. In this study, the author tested whether numbers of nests established by birds of all species combined in even-aged plots were affected by removing or increasing the numbers of old nests from the previous breeding season.
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Yahner, Richard
- Units
- SODN , TONT
- Keywords
- Avian Management, Birds, Breeding Birds, census methods, even-aged management, Field Methods, Habitat, Inventory And Monitoring, Nests, nest-site selection, Ornithology, Resource Management (Planning)