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Predation or facilitation? An experimental assessment of whether generalist predators affect the breeding success of passerines

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Author	Charter, Motti Izhaki, Ido Leshem, Yossi
Copyright Year	2010
Abstract	Predation has been suggested as an important factor affecting the success of breeding birds. Various studies have found that particular bird species either avoid or choose to breed in the proximity of predator nests. Here, we investigated whether the presence of a generalist predator, the Eurasian Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus, affects the breeding success of a passerine (House Sparrow, Passer domesticus), using an experimental design of nest box placement for the two species. No difference in breeding parameters was found with distance of House Sparrow nests from both active and inactive Kestrel nest boxes. However, whereas House Sparrows built nests and laid eggs in nest boxes both with and without active Kestrel nest boxes in the vicinity at a similar frequency, they laid more clutches, and the total number of eggs laid and young fledged during the breeding season was higher, in nest boxes located close to active Kestrel nest boxes than to inactive ones. Of the 367 House Sparrow nestlings banded, only 3 were found predated in Kestrel nests and no correlations were found between the percentage of birds in the Kestrels’ diet and breeding parameters of the House Sparrows. The proximity of breeding Kestrels may facilitate some protection to House Sparrows from other predators, such as corvids, which are chased away by Kestrels near the nest.Es wird angenommen, dass Prädation den Bruterfolg stark beeinflusst. Verschiedene Untersuchungen haben gezeigt, dass bestimmte Vogelarten entweder die Nähe von Nestern von Prädatoren vermeiden, oder explizit in deren direkter Umgebung brüten. In der hier vorliegenden Studie untersuchten wir. ob die Anwesenheit eines generalistischen Prädators, des Turmfalkens Falco tinnunculus den Bruterfolg einer Singvogelart, des Haussperlings Passer domesticus beeinflusst, wozu wir ein Experiment mit Nistkästen durchführten. Wir fanden keinen Unterschied in Brutparametern in Abhängigkeit von der Distanz von Sperlingsnestern zu sowohl besetzten wie unbesetzten Nistkästen von Turmfalken. Während Sperlinge mit gleicher Häufigkeit sowohl in der Nähe von aktiven wie inaktiven Nistkästen von Turmalken Nester bauten und Eier legten, hatten sie mehr Gelege, eine größere Anzahl Eier und mehr flügge Jungen in Nistkästen in der Nähe von besetzten Turmfalkennistkästen als in der Nähe unbesetzter Nistkästen. Von 367 beringten Haussperlingen wurden nur drei prädiert in Turmfalkennistkästen gefunden. Es bestand keine Korrelationen zwischen dem Anteil von Vögeln an der Ernährung der Falken und den Brutparametern der Haussperlinge. Die räumlich Nähe brütender Turmfalken könnte Haussperlinge vor anderen Prädatoren, wie zum Beispiel Rabenartige, welche von Turmfalken verjagt werden, schützen.
Starting Page	533
Ending Page	539
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00218375
Journal	Journal für Ornithologie
Volume Number	152
Issue Number	3
e-ISSN	14390361
Language	English
Publisher	Springer-Verlag
Publisher Date	2010-11-28
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Predator–prey interactions Breeding success Nest predation Eurasian Kestrel House Sparrow Animal Ecology Zoology Evolutionary Biology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Animal Science and Zoology

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