Song rate as a signal for nest site quality in blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla)

1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 399-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hoi-Leitner ◽  
H. Nechtelberger ◽  
H. Hoi
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Sylvia Atricapilla ◽  
Song Rate

Song rate as a signal for nest site quality in blackcaps ( Sylvia atricapilla )

1995 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 399-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hoi-Leitner ◽  
H. Nechtelberger ◽  
H. Hoi
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Sylvia Atricapilla ◽  
Song Rate

Nest sites of the threespine stickleback: Can site characters alone protect the nest against egg predators and are nest sites a limiting resource?

1985 ◽  
Vol 63 (8) ◽  
pp. 1991-1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. G. Whoriskey ◽  
G. J. FitzGerald
Keyword(s):  
Gasterosteus Aculeatus ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Threespine Stickleback ◽  
Field Population ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Male Quality ◽  
Egg Predation ◽  
Nest Sites ◽  
Per Se

In a field population of Gasterosteus aculeatus, analysis of the patterns of nest destruction following removal of males indicated that nest site variables per se offered little protection against egg predation in the absence of paternal defense. These experiments also indicated that male breeding densities were not limited by a lack of space for territories. We suggest that site quality and male quality, which is determined in part by the quality of parental defense, interact to determine the number of eggs a male can hatch.

scholarly journals Making good choices with variable information: a stochastic model for nest-site selection by honeybees

2007 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 140-143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin S Perdriau ◽  
Mary R Myerscough
Keyword(s):  
Site Selection ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Process Model ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Nest Site Selection ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Stochastic Effects ◽  
Final Choice ◽  
Markov Process Model

A density-dependent Markov process model is constructed for information transfer among scouts during nest-site selection by honeybees ( Apis mellifera ). The effects of site quality, competition between sites and delays in site discovery are investigated. The model predicts that bees choose the better of two sites more reliably when both sites are of low quality than when both sites are of high quality and that delay in finding a second site has most effect on the final choice when both sites are of high quality. The model suggests that stochastic effects in honeybee nest-site selection confer no advantage on the swarm.

Distribution and Breeding Success of Pallid Swifts, Apus pallidus, on Mediterranean Islands: Nest Predation by the Roof Rat, Rattus rattus, and Nest Site Quality

Oikos ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 78 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aura Penloup ◽  
Jean-Louis Martin ◽  
Gérard Gory ◽  
Daniel Brunstein ◽  
Vincent Bretagnolle ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Success ◽  
Nest Predation ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Rattus Rattus ◽  
Site Quality ◽  
Mediterranean Islands
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