Patterns of magpie nest utilization by a nesting raptor community in a secondary forest
Patterns of magpie nest utilization by a nesting raptor community in a secondary forest作者机构:Key Laboratory of Vegetation Ecology Ministry of Education School of Life Sciences Northeast Normal University Changchun 130024 China Institute of Zoology Chinese Academy of Sciences Beijing 100101 China Natural History Museum Northeast Normal University Changchun 130117 China
出 版 物:《Progress in Natural Science:Materials International》 (自然科学进展·国际材料(英文))
年 卷 期:2009年第19卷第10期
页 面:1253-1259页
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基 金:supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No.30400047) the Training Fund of the Northeast Normal University’s Scientific Innovation Project (Grant No 07013)
主 题:European Magpie Nest reuse Nest usurpation Raptor community
摘 要:For a total of 9 years,we examined the patterns of a nesting raptor community that utilized European Magpie(Pica pica) nests in the Zuojia Natural Reserve,northeast *** raptor species and two other bird species were recorded nesting in magpie *** reuse rate of abandoned magpie nests was 51.6%,and the number of reused nests was positively correlated with their *** utilized 83.3% of the reused abandoned magpie *** followed for more than 1 year were reused by raptors an average of 1.13 ***-specific nest usurpation was common,with 17.3% of new magpie nests being usurped by raptors,and four cases of usurpation occurred among different raptor *** the community level,8 of 11 raptor species took over magpie nests to breed in the study area,and 91.9% of their nests came from magpie *** Magpies represent the core species in the nest web of the local raptor community that utilizes magpie *** the forest stand level,closer proximity to forest edges and greater distances from occupied raptor nests were the best predictors of nest *** the nest-site level,arbor density and canopy coverage were the best predictors of nest reuse.