scholarly journals Nest-site competition between invasive and native cavity nesting birds and its implication for conservation

2016 ◽  
Vol 181 ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Motti Charter ◽  
Ido Izhaki ◽  
Yitzchak Ben Mocha ◽  
Salit Kark
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Cavity Nesting ◽  
Site Competition

scholarly journals Nest-site competition between bumblebees (Bombidae), social wasps (Vespidae) and cavity-nesting birds in Britain and the Western Palearctic

Bird Study ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 62 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-437 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard K. Broughton ◽  
Grzegorz Hebda ◽  
Marta Maziarz ◽  
Ken W. Smith ◽  
Linda Smith ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Social Wasps ◽  
Cavity Nesting ◽  
Western Palearctic ◽  
Site Competition

Interspecific Nest-Site Competition among Cavity-Nesting Alcids on Southeast Farallon Island, California

1992 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 241 ◽  
Author(s):  
George E. Wallace ◽  
Beverly Collier ◽  
William J. Sydeman
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Cavity Nesting ◽  
Site Competition

Nest site competition between cavity nesting passerines and golden paper waspsPolistes fuscatus

2009 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 650-652 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Stanback ◽  
Austin Mercandante ◽  
Wesley Anderson ◽  
Howell Burke ◽  
Rebecca Jameson
Keyword(s):  
Nest Site ◽  
Cavity Nesting ◽  
Site Competition

scholarly journals Nest site characteristics of cavity-nesting birds on a small island, in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia, Canada

2020 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 352-363
Author(s):  
Neil G. Pilgrim ◽  
Joanna L. Smith ◽  
Keith Moore ◽  
Anthony J. Gaston
Keyword(s):  
British Columbia ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Bird Species ◽  
Tree Height ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Haida Gwaii ◽  
Cavity Nesting ◽  
Site Characteristics ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Brown Creeper

Many studies of cavity-nesting birds in North America are conducted in large continental forests and much less is known about them in island ecosystems. We describe a 29-year study of tree species, nest site characteristics, and fledge dates of cavity-nesting birds on a small island in Haida Gwaii, British Columbia (BC). Seven cavity-nesting bird species were documented on East Limestone Island and 463 nests were found in 173 different trees. Nest trees were significantly taller and had a greater diameter than a random sample of snags. Tree height did not differ among bird species but diameter at breast height was larger for trees used by Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) than for other species. Cavity-nesters selected tree decay classes 2–7 (all dead/near dead [snags]), with 85% in decay class 4 (35%) or 5 (50%), similar to the random snag sample (class 4, 32%; class 5, 42%). Cavity height ranged from 2.6 to 44.9 m and for all species, except Brown Creeper, the mean nest height was >60% of the mean tree height. Nest heights were generally greater than observed elsewhere in BC. Nest cavity orientation was random except for Red-breasted Sapsuckers (Sphyrapicus ruber), for which only 13% of the cavity entrances faced southeast. Median fledging dates ranged from 7 June (Chestnut-backed Chickadee [Poecile rufescens]) to 28 June (Northern Flicker [Colaptes auratus]). Estimated median dates of clutch completion were similar for all species. Our results show that large snags provide habitat for a high diversity of cavity-nesting birds on Haida Gwaii.

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