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Nest box exploration may stimulate breeding physiology and alter mRNA expression in the medial preoptic area of female European starlings
... vulgaris), nest cavities are limited resources that are necessary for ...explore nest cavities, compared with those that do not, readily perform sexually motivated ...no nest boxes, (2) nest ...
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Nest box selection and reproduction of European Rollers in Central Italy: a 7-year study
... each nest box to the nearest patch of each habitat vari- ...each nest box, using a radius of 600 m, as described ...at nest sites to evaluate possible effects on the various breeding ...
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The neuroethology and evolution of nest building behaviour
... a nest site with weaving experience (Collias and Collias, ...into nest-sites compared to ...modifying nest- building actions in adult ...delivers nest material to the nest box ...
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The mechanism of flight guidance in honeybee swarms: subtle guides or streaker bees?
... the nest box (aligned with the flight axis of the whole swarm) between bees in the top vs bottom of the ...the nest box than were the bees in the ...
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Agri-environmental measures and the breeding ecology of a declining farmland bird
... of nest boxes that were separated by 123 more than 400m were defined as separate sampling units, resulting in 22 discrete tree sparrow 124 colonies (Figure ...neighbouring nest boxes was 253 m 125 ...
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Maintaining and perpetuating habitat structures for wildlife in modified landscapes
... of nest boxes as a management and biodiversity offset tool remains equivocal and ...Improving nest box programs requires urgent empirical research to identify the spatial factors that affect ...
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Affordable method of video recording for ecologists and citizen-science participants
... Each system (Fig. 1) consisted of five main components (Table 1). We used single Channel Mobile DVR with maximum record capacity of 32 GB (we used 16- and 32-GB memory cards) that can record date and time. We used CMOS ...
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Method for rearing North American yellowjackets
... plywood nest box connected to a mesh cylinder that served as a foraging arena and provided constant access to water and food (honey, live flies, and live ...recorded nest initiation, the attachment ...
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Nest site preference depends on the relative density of conspecifics and heterospecifics in wild birds
... their nest box ...both nest boxes that were occupied by other flycatchers in previous years, but also boxes that were in the vicinity of Great Tits ...a nest box choice conferring ...
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A system for automatic recording of social behavior in a free-living wild house mouse population
... of nest boxes for breed- ...artificial nest boxes, we are confident to use nest box usage as a proxy for an individual’s “home range” and its membership to a social ...
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The insensitive dormouse: reproduction skipping is not caused by chronic stress in Glis glis
... the nest box prior to reproduction (first feeding: 21 May 2014, last feeding: 23 July 2014, 6 times in ...the nest box to ensure that only dormice had access to the ...the nest boxes ...
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Old nest material functions as an informative cue in making nest-site selection decisions in the European Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus)
... prefer nest boxes containing old nest materials, especially those of conspecifics, over empty ...old nest material or organic materials from previous nest- ing attempts in nest boxes ...
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Nest predators, nest-site selection and nest success of the Emei Shan Liocichla (Liocichla omeiensis), a vulnerable babbler endemic to southwestern China
... their nest material, the abun- dant leaves of lianas and herbs may, to a large extent, increase the concealment of their nest ...select nest sites with good concealment, which agrees with the ...
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The 'family-nurse partnership' : developing an instrument for identification, assessment and recruitment of clients
... 114.2. All the professionals involved need to show that they are proud of what they can offer. The commitment and enthusiasm of the midwives, the other staff at the Booking Clinic and the managers will be crucial. They ...
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Reproductive success and demography of the Orange bellied Parrot Neophema chrysogaster
... some nest boxes was prone to increased interest by Tiger Snakes Notechis ater; however, only one successful predation of Orange‐bellied Parrots was positively recorded and remedial action was taken to prevent ...
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Fouling one's own nest
... describes the third episode in the United States’#{176}’3 in which lead- bearing dust brought into the home on a parent’s work clothing has been identified as the principal cause of incr[r] ...
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A review of nest survival models
... Nests which succeed are used to estimate the proportions of nests being found (encountered) in each time interval. Assuming that these encounter probabilities also apply to the nests whi[r] ...
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Nest building, the forgotten behaviour
... As the nests that were built with only flexible material required, on average, over twice as many pieces of material to complete a nest it appears that birds select nest material based o[r] ...
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Nest distribution and nest habitat of the Tibetan Partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae) near Lhasa, Tibet
... to nest in patches of low shrub, and sparse, secondary plant cover, but no further informa- tion about plant species was ...the nest if potential predators ap- peared (Lu et ...of nest plant ...
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NEST ethics in convergence : testing NEST ethics in the debate on converging technologies for improving human performance
... This chapter introduces the topic of converging technologies for improving human performance through an exploration of the policy reports and scientific articles in which it is articulated. In this way, the chapter ...
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