Nest losses of cavity nesting birds caused by dormice (Gliridae, Rodentia)

Peter Adamík; Miroslav Král

doi:10.1007/bf03194251

Red Heart Disease in Pines Caused by Porodaedalea (Phellinus) pini in Florida

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fr425-2019 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 2020 (1) ◽

pp. 3

Author(s):

Yin-Tse Huang ◽

Jeffrey Eickwort ◽

Jiri Hulcr

Keyword(s):

Heart Disease ◽

Forest Resources ◽

Fact Sheet ◽

Cavity Nesting ◽

Pine Species

All pine species in Florida are susceptible to red heart disease. The disease can decrease timber value and weaken trees, making them threats to people and property. In forests, however, the same disease can be beneficial to cavity-nesting animals like red-cockaded woodpeckers. This 3-page fact sheet written by Yin-Tse Huang, Jeffrey Eickwort, and Jiri Hulcr and published by the UF/IFAS School of Forest Resources and Conservation describes the disease and provides some tips to manage it in areas where it could cause problems for people.http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/fr425

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Data for "Nesting success of wood-cavity-nesting bees declines with increasing time since wildfire"

Forest Service Research Data Archive ◽

10.2737/rds-2019-0037 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Michael P. Simanonok ◽

Laura A. Burkle

Keyword(s):

Nesting Success ◽

Cavity Nesting

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Breeding success and its correlates in native versus invasive secondary cavity-nesting birds

Emu - Austral Ornithology ◽

10.1080/01584197.2020.1868945 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-6

Author(s):

Françoise Lermite ◽

Salit Kark ◽

Chloe Peneaux ◽

Andrea S. Griffin

Keyword(s):

Breeding Success ◽

Cavity Nesting

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The circadian clock uses different environmental time cues to synchronize emergence and locomotion of the solitary bee Osmia bicornis

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-019-54111-3 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Katharina Beer ◽

Mariela Schenk ◽

Charlotte Helfrich-Förster ◽

Andrea Holzschuh

Keyword(s):

Circadian Clock ◽

Circadian System ◽

Evolutionary Adaptation ◽

Solitary Bee ◽

Daily Rhythms ◽

Osmia Bicornis ◽

Cavity Nesting ◽

Impact On Survival ◽

Life On Earth ◽

And Behavior

AbstractLife on earth adapted to the daily reoccurring changes in environment by evolving an endogenous circadian clock. Although the circadian clock has a crucial impact on survival and behavior of solitary bees, many aspects of solitary bee clock mechanisms remain unknown. Our study is the first to show that the circadian clock governs emergence in Osmia bicornis, a bee species which overwinters as adult inside its cocoon. Therefore, its eclosion from the pupal case is separated by an interjacent diapause from its emergence in spring. We show that this bee species synchronizes its emergence to the morning. The daily rhythms of emergence are triggered by temperature cycles but not by light cycles. In contrast to this, the bee’s daily rhythms in locomotion are synchronized by light cycles. Thus, we show that the circadian clock of O. bicornis is set by either temperature or light, depending on what activity is timed. Light is a valuable cue for setting the circadian clock when bees have left the nest. However, for pre-emerged bees, temperature is the most important cue, which may represent an evolutionary adaptation of the circadian system to the cavity-nesting life style of O. bicornis.

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The importance of illumination in nest site choice and nest characteristics of cavity nesting birds

Scientific Reports ◽

10.1038/s41598-017-01430-y ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Paweł Podkowa ◽

Adrian Surmacki

Keyword(s):

Nest Site ◽

Cavity Nesting ◽

Nest Site Choice

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Evolution of iris colour in relation to cavity nesting and parental care in passerine birds

Biology Letters ◽

10.1098/rsbl.2016.0783 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 13 (1) ◽

pp. 20160783 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Gabrielle L. Davidson ◽

Alex Thornton ◽

Nicola S. Clayton

Keyword(s):

Parental Care ◽

Eye Gaze ◽

Dependent Manner ◽

Passerine Birds ◽

Cavity Nesters ◽

Cavity Nesting ◽

Ideal System ◽

Nesting Behaviour ◽

Gaze Sensitivity ◽

Iris Colour

Strong selection pressures are known to act on animal coloration. Although many animals vary in eye colour, virtually no research has investigated the functional significance of these colour traits. Passeriformes have a range of iris colours, making them an ideal system to investigate how and why iris colour has evolved. Using phylogenetic comparative methods, we tested the hypothesis that conspicuous iris colour in passerine birds evolved in response to (a) coordination of offspring care and (b) cavity nesting, two traits thought to be involved in intra-specific gaze sensitivity. We found that iris colour and cooperative offspring care by two or more individuals evolved independently, suggesting that bright eyes are not important for coordinating parental care through eye gaze. Furthermore, we found that evolution between iris colour and nesting behaviour did occur in a dependent manner, but contrary to predictions, transitions to coloured eyes were not more frequent in cavity nesters than non-cavity nesters. Instead, our results indicate that selection away from having bright eyes was much stronger in non-cavity nesters than cavity nesters, perhaps because conspicuous eye coloration in species not concealed within a cavity would be more visible to predators.

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