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云南怒江河谷栗喉蜂虎营巢地特征   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
2010年4~5月,对云南省保山市怒江河谷栗喉蜂虎营巢地进行了调查。共调查营巢地18个。对巢洞深度、断崖面积、巢区面积、坡度、裸露度、断崖与水域及公路的直线距离、巢区最上巢与崖顶距离、最下巢与地面距离、海拔、坡向等11个生态因子进行了测量。通过访谈法对营巢地所在断崖的形成年限进行了调查。此外还收集巢区和非巢区土壤18份,在实验室用沉淀法测量巢区和非巢区土质含沙量。结果表明,影响栗喉蜂虎营巢地选择的主要因子依次为巢区沙土含沙量、断崖新旧、巢区面积、裸露度、最下巢与地面距离、坡度。在营巢地选择时,栗喉蜂虎主要考虑掘巢难易程度和防御天敌等方面的因素。  相似文献   

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蓝喉蜂虎的捕食行为与食性   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1       下载免费PDF全文
在我国有分布的7种蜂虎科鸟类中,蓝喉蜂虎(Merops viridis)分布范围最广,但相关野外研究还比较少。2011~2016年,我们以江西省吉安市郊区的一个蓝喉蜂虎种群为研究对象,在观察野外捕食行为的基础上,记录了其食物种类,研究了该鸟的食性。蓝喉蜂虎的食物主要是蜂类、蝶类和蜻蜓类昆虫,其被捕食频次的百分比分别为26.0%、26.3%和38.3%。其中,繁殖前期以蜂类居多,繁殖后期以蜻蜓类居多,数量比例存在显著的季节性差异。这种差异可能是昆虫生活史差异造成的。网络图片资料佐证了其食物种类主要为以上3类昆虫。在吞食食物前,蓝喉蜂虎会对不同类群的昆虫进行不同时长和不同方式的处理。此外,野外研究发现,产卵期蓝喉蜂虎巢室中散布着可能被吞食过带有食物残渣的小型贝类碎片。通过实验筛选营巢河滩地的沙土,发现这些贝壳碎片是外来。这表明,蓝喉蜂虎可能通过取食小型贝类贝壳,在产卵期获取短期额外的钙质补偿。蓝喉蜂虎在其分布区内属不常见鸟类,但其捕食的主要昆虫类群在我国南方比较常见,这说明食物不是限制该鸟分布的原因。蓝喉蜂虎是一个极具观赏价值的美丽小鸟,当前亟需深入研究,为该鸟的保护提供决策依据。  相似文献   

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栗喉蜂虎捕食差异   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
程闯  韩联宪  岩道 《四川动物》2012,31(3):439-442
2010年4~5月和2011年4~6月,用焦点动物取样法对云南省保山市潞江镇怒江河谷栗喉蜂虎捕食差异进行了观察。对栗喉蜂虎雌性成年鸟、雄性成年鸟、青年鸟捕食种类、数量、成功率、食物组成、食物资源量、处理食物成功率及处理时间进行了统计。结果表明,栗喉蜂虎捕食种类包括7类昆虫,以膜翅目Hymenoptera、蜻蜓目Odonate、鳞翅目Lepidoptera昆虫为主;成年雄鸟捕食频次高于成年雌鸟和青年鸟;成年鸟与青年鸟处理食物成功率无显著差异,但二者捕食成功率和处理食物时间差异显著。  相似文献   

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2007年3月26日—7月16日,采用典型野外记录法和所有事件取样法对云南省保山市道街怒江河谷栗喉蜂虎繁殖行为进行了观察。结果表明:1)产卵期雄性栗喉蜂虎求偶喂食的食物以蜻蜓目和膜翅目昆虫为主,占83.56%;雌鸟接受喂食的可能性为96.83%,接受喂食后仅有17.49%的雌鸟与雄鸟进行交配。2)在孵卵期昼间,雄鸟每次坐巢的时间为(23.521.6)min,每日坐巢的时间占54.4%;雌鸟每次坐巢的时间为(25.811.5)min,每日坐巢的时间占42.1%,雌雄鸟每次坐巢的时间无明显差异。3)幼雏出壳后亲鸟对幼雏的暖雏时间逐日减少,至第20 d亲鸟不再暖雏。栗喉蜂虎的育雏期为29~33 d,在繁殖过程中帮助喂食的鸟确实能提高被助鸟的繁殖成功率。  相似文献   

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鳄类的取食和繁殖行为   总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2  
张峰 《生物学通报》2001,36(8):9-11
鳄类是现代爬行动物中身体结构最高级的动物,就其捕食,求偶与交配,营巢与产卵,护巢,挖巢和护幼等行为进行了介绍。  相似文献   

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凹唇壁蜂Osmia excavata Alfken是我国早春果园重要的野生传粉昆虫,具有重要的农业价值。本研究分别在山东烟台、江西赣州和重庆沙坪坝地区利用人工放养滞育状态下的凹唇壁蜂成虫,并通过野外观察和室内解剖该蜂的筑巢巢管,系统研究了该蜂的筑巢习性、访花行为、日活动规律和生活史等营巢生物学及相关生物学特性。结果表明:凹唇壁蜂的雌蜂偏好选择长度平均为121.86±48.44 mm,内径平均为8.01±1.42 mm的巢管筑巢。经室内解剖,该蜂的巢管结构主要包括前庭、虫室、间室和空室共四个部分,平均长度分别为18.24±7.24 mm, 12.84±2.72 mm, 20.92±8.88 mm, 11.64±5.39 mm。野外观察发现,该蜂在重庆沙坪坝地区1年发生1代,卵期3~4 d、幼虫期20~25 d、蛹期25~30 d,以滞育状态下的成虫在茧内越冬。翌年3月下旬成虫陆续破茧出巢,一般雄蜂较雌蜂早1~2 d出巢,雌蜂出巢后即可完成访花、交配、筑巢和产卵等行为。该蜂收集巢内杂物时间平均为38.73±19.75 s,出巢处理杂物时间平均为10.58±6.05 s,出巢收集泥团时间平均为67.33±21.32 s,筑巢时间平均为58.08±18.90 s,采集花(粉)蜜时间平均为371.00±152.06 s,携粉回巢滞留的时间平均为104.39±37.58 s。该蜂采集(粉)蜜源植物主要有苹果Malus pumila Mill、梨Pyurs spp.、樱桃Cerasus pseudocerasus、风轮菜Clinopodium chinens、女贞Ligustrum lucidume和酢浆草Oxalis corniculata等。本研究通过野外观察和人工巢管技术对凹唇壁蜂雌蜂日常活动行为及筑巢规律等生物学特性的观察,旨在明确该蜂的营巢习性以期为后续该蜂的规模化利用提供基本依据。  相似文献   

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观察了2001~2004年冬季分布于历山保护区的勺鸡的集群行为行。野外共观察120次,见到勺鸡1034只,其中95.3%的个体营集群生活,环境的异质性和天敌的捕食压力可能是导致勺鸡等雉类冬季集群的重要因素。  相似文献   

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长木蜂的筑巢和采粉贮粮行为   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
【目的】通过研究长木蜂Xylocopa tranquebarorum筑巢和贮粮行为, 为进一步查明独栖性蜂类行为特点、开发新的蜂类资源提供依据。【方法】采用目测和拍照等方法对长木蜂的整个筑巢过程进行了连续观察, 用游标卡尺对巢口大小进行测量, 采用室内解剖巢室对长木蜂贮蜂粮的大小和数量进行观测。【结果】长木蜂主要在竹子上筑巢, 偶尔也发现在芦苇上筑巢。最喜欢选择竹节直径1.2~2.5 cm的孝顺竹Bambusa multiplex和刚竹属 Phyllostachys的竹种上筑巢。其筑巢过程为:雌蜂寻找合适的筑巢地点, 咬巢口, 清理巢室, 采集花粉蜜制作蜂粮, 在蜂粮上产卵, 制作巢室隔板。筑巢地点主要位于离旧巢1 m以内的位置。雌蜂啃咬巢口平均用时(292±29)min, 制作一块蜂粮需采集粉蜜22~40次, 采集粉蜜平均用时(17.31±0.52)min/次, 携粉蜜回巢滞留时间平均为(16.45±1.08)min/次;巢中卸落粉蜜平均用时为(15.29±1.03)min/次, 一生贮蜂粮平均6块左右;蜂粮近长方形, 长12~18 mm, 宽6~10 mm, 平均重量(0.7140±0.0269)g。【结论】长木蜂雌蜂不同个体之间筑巢行为相似, 而采集粉蜜的次数和贮蜂粮所用时间均有显著差异。  相似文献   

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为了解笼养蓝冠噪鹛Garrulax courtoisi的行为节律和时间分配,2015年1—12月,采用全天瞬时扫描法,在南昌动物园对人工饲养的8只蓝冠噪鹛各种行为节律及时间分配进行了研究。结果表明,蓝冠噪鹛各种行为在全年的变化趋势不尽相同,繁殖期营巢、交配、卧巢、孵卵和育雏这5种繁殖行为增加,繁殖期结束,休息明显增加;全年中觅食的时间分配最高,为36.37%,其次为飞行(24.54%)、理羽(16.73%)、休息(7.75%)、社会行为(5.43%)、育雏(4.66%)、营巢(2.36%)、孵卵(1.92%)、卧巢(0.15%)和交配(0.01%)。单因素方差分析结果显示,除交配以外,其他行为的时间分配在繁殖期不同阶段的差异均有高度统计学意义(P0.001)。不同时期蓝冠噪鹛行为节律和时间分配反映了其生活史不同时期的相应需求,本研究结果可为蓝冠噪鹛人工饲养和野生种群行为研究提供参考。  相似文献   

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巢址选择对鸟类的巢捕食率具有重要影响,研究鸟类的巢址特征与巢捕食率之间的关系有利于揭示不同巢址特征对鸟类成功繁殖的作用。本研究以2014至2017年在河南董寨国家级自然保护区观察的红头长尾山雀(Aegithalos concinnus)为研究对象,分析了红头长尾山雀在卵期(产卵及孵卵期)(n = 124巢)及育雏期(n = 119巢)被捕食巢和成功巢的日存活率与发现巢的时间和营巢植物种类之间的关系,同时还根据其巢址的总体特征对其巢址安全性进行评级,以探究研究者评估的巢址安全等级对预测巢存活率的有效性。结果显示:在卵期,营巢于竹类植物(如箬竹Indocalamus tessellatus和刚竹属Phyllostachys sp.植物)、茶(Camellia sinensis)、灌草类植物(如蔷薇Rosa spp.和禾本科Gramineae植物)和杉木(Cunninghamia lanceolata)上的红头长尾山雀巢的日存活率皆显著高于在松柏类植物(如油松Pinus massoniana、侧柏Platycladus orientalis和圆柏Juniperus chinensis)上的巢;在育雏期,营巢于灌草类植物上巢的日存活率显著低于竹类、杉木和茶树上巢的日存活率。卵期巢的日存活率随巢日龄的增加而显著降低,但育雏期巢的日存活率不随巢日龄显著变化。此外,巢的日存活率与发现巢的日期之间没有显著关系,研究者评估为巢址安全等级不同的巢,其日存活率也无显著差异。综上所述,本研究的结果表明,营巢于某些特定植物有助于降低红头长尾山雀面临的巢捕食风险,说明营巢植物种类对鸟类的繁殖成功率具有重要影响。  相似文献   

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For birds that breed in large colonies, the overall area occupied by the colony generally comprises several sub-areas that differ in physical and social features such as vegetation and breeding density. Birds arriving at a breeding colony select their nesting sites through a hierarchical process of selecting a sub-area, then a particular nest site with appropriate biotic and physical attributes. Optimal vegetation cover is one such important attribute. Many ground nesting gulls preferentially select nest sites that provide shelter during reproduction, but this presumably has to be balanced against any costs such as reduced visibility of potential predators. The effects of vegetation height in the sub-areas within a colony, and of the amount of vegetation in the immediate vicinity of the nest on nest microclimate were investigated in lesser black-backed gulls Larus fuscus in a colony in which overall vegetation height differed in different sub-areas and was patchily distributed within these areas. Tall vegetation did have a sheltering effect, and this was positively related with chick growth. However, this vegetation area was associated with lower breeding densities, relatively late laying birds and lower chick survival rate, suggesting that sub-areas with tall vegetation held more lower-quality or young breeders. Within the sub-areas, the birds preferentially selected nest sites with more surrounding vegetation, and this was positively correlated with their hatching success.  相似文献   

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Colonial breeding is characteristic of seabirds but nesting at high density has both advantages and disadvantages and may reduce survival and fecundity. African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) initiated breeding at Robben Island, South Africa in 1983. The breeding population on the island increased in the late 1990s and early 2000s before decreasing rapidly until 2010. Before the number breeding peaked, local nest density in the areas where the colony was initiated plateaued, suggesting that preferred nests sites were mostly occupied, and the area used by breeding birds expanded. However, it did not contract again as the population decreased, so that nesting density varied substantially. Breeding success was related positively to the prey available to the breeding birds and negatively to local nest density, particularly during the chick-rearing period, suggesting a density-dependence operating through social interactions in the colony, possibly exacerbated by poor prey availability when the breeding population was large. Although nest density at Robben Island was not high, nesting burrows, which probably reduce the incidence of aggressive encounters in the colony, are scarce and our results suggest that habitat alteration has modified the strength of density-dependent relationships for African penguins. Gaining a better understanding of how density dependence affects fecundity and population growth rates in colonial breeders is important for informing conservation management of the African penguin and other threatened taxa.  相似文献   

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Some loosely colonial species scatter their nests within a colony. Most studies on mechanisms that generate such scattered nests within a colony have primarily focused on the measurement of distance related to the intensity of interactions among conspecific neighbors. However, these interactions can change not only with distance between nests but also with other factors. In particular, whether the nest is hidden from neighbors can strongly affect the intensity of interaction for birds that usually use sight for communication. To show the possible benefit of nesting at sites hidden from neighboring nests, we studied the nest arrangements and settlement patterns within a barn swallow colony. We tested whether the swallows prefer nesting at sites hidden from neighboring nests in cattle barns that are often used as colony sites by the swallows in Japan. We found that the sides of ceiling beams hidden from neighbors were preferred as nesting sites. A randomization test suggested that the rectangular sections occupied by swallows were not spaced out within a colony. The results suggested that the swallows preferred nesting sites hidden from their neighbors and did not space out their nests within a colony. This paper also refutes intraspecific brood parasitism as a plausible function of this behavior.  相似文献   

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M. P. Harris 《Ibis》1980,122(2):193-209
The paper presents data on the breeding and predation of Puffins in two areas of different nest density within a single colony on Dun, St Kilda group, Outer Hebrides in 1973-78.
Within a season birds laying early had a slightly higher nesting success than birds laying late, but laying date had little influence on the peak and fledging weights of young. The main disadvantage in late laying was a reduced chance of relaying if the first egg was lost.
Breeding success and chick weights varied from year to year. The 1974 season was the least successful with the lowest nesting success, lowest frequency of feeds, lowest calorific value of feeds, lightest chicks and slowest growth. Overall breeding performance was not related to the annual mean laying dates.
In all years pairs nesting in the area of high nest density did better than pairs nesting at low density. The effect is attributed to differential predation and disturbance by predatory gulls. At least 4.2% of adult Puffins breeding in the area of low burrow density were killed by gulls each breeding season; this is higher than the total annual mortality found in three other studies. Only 0.9% of adults from the high density area were found killed. The subpopulation in the low density area cannot survive without much immigration, yet there is no evidence that this happens.  相似文献   

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高山兀鹫(Gyps himalayensis)在海拔2 400~4 800 m的悬崖峭壁之上营巢,行为观测难度较大,资料匮缺。2013年至2015年,在天山采用样线调查法、问卷调查法,寻找到上百个巢穴。通过布设红外自动相机的方法,对高山兀鹫繁殖期巢内行为进行拍摄,同时结合焦点动物取样法和瞬时扫描法,对其交配及巢内行为进行观察和研究。共拍摄11万张照片,选出有效照片2 150张。对繁殖期行为进行了描述和定义,共7大类16种行为。根据照片逐一对比每种行为,统计各种行为拍摄张数及所占比例,其中,交配135张(6.3%),筑巢403张(18.7%),休息420张(19.5%),警戒375张(17.4%),保养335张(15.6%),运动200张(9.3%),其他282张(13.1%)。照片记录显示,交配行为从1月16日持续到3月2日,在一天的8:00~16:00时间段内,除9:00~10:00时没有记录到交配行为外,其余时间段内都有发生。交配行为次数(张数)在13:00~14:00时达到高峰,与气温同期达到高峰。交配过程持续8~15 s。筑巢期间,巢材由雌雄兀鹫运输,雌性负责将巢材放入巢中,整理、铺垫和修缮。筑巢行为在白天有三个高峰期,分别为11:00~12:00时、13:00~14:00时和15:00~16:00时。在每个高峰期后,往往出现一个短暂的低谷期。冬季食物短缺,照片显示雕鸮(Bubo bubo)、雪豹(Uncia uncia)等食肉动物进入巢内,对兀鹫繁殖造成干扰,甚至中断繁殖。作为高原健康指示物种,高山兀鹫生存状况不容乐观,急需加强保护。  相似文献   

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Parental incubation behavior largely influences nest survival, a critical demographic process in avian population dynamics, and behaviors vary across species with different life history breeding strategies. Although research has identified nest survival advantages of mixing colonies, behavioral mechanisms that might explain these effects is largely lacking. We examined parental incubation behavior using video‐monitoring techniques on Alcatraz Island, California, of black‐crowned night‐heron Nycticorax nycticorax (hereinafter, night‐heron) in a mixed‐species colony with California gulls Larus californicus and western gulls L. occidentalis. We first quantified general nesting behaviors (i.e. incubation constancy, and nest attendance), and a suite of specific nesting behaviors (i.e. inactivity, vigilance, preening, and nest maintenance) with respect to six different daily time periods. We employed linear mixed effects models to investigate environmental and temporal factors as sources of variation in incubation constancy and nest attendance using 211 nest days across three nesting seasons (2010–2012). We found incubation constancy (percent of time on the eggs) and nest attendance (percent of time at the nest) were lower for nests that were located < 3 m from one or more gull nest, which indirectly supports the predator protection hypothesis, whereby heterospecifics provide protection allowing more time for foraging and other self‐maintenance activities. To our knowledge, this is the first empirical evidence of the influence of one nesting species on the incubation behavior of another. We also identified distinct differences between incubation constancy and nest attentiveness, indicating that these biparental incubating species do not share similar energetic constraints as those that are observed for uniparental species. Additionally, we found that variation in incubation behavior was a function of temperature and precipitation, where the strength of these effects was dependent on the time of day. Overall, these findings strengthen our understanding of incubation behavior and nest ecology of a colonial‐nesting species.  相似文献   

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ABSTRACT Identifying environmental parameters that influence probability of nest predation is important for developing and implementing effective management strategies for species of conservation concern. We estimated daily nest survival for a migratory population of burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) breeding in black-tailed prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus) colonies in Wyoming, USA. We compared estimates based on 3 common approaches: apparent nesting success, Mayfield estimates, and a model-based logistic-exposure approach. We also examined whether 8 intrinsic and extrinsic factors affected daily nest survival in burrowing owls. Positive biases in apparent nest survival were low (3–6%), probably because prior knowledge of nest locations and colonial behavior among nesting pairs facilitated discovery of most nests early in the nesting cycle. Daily nest survival increased as the breeding season progressed, was negatively correlated with ambient temperature, was positively correlated with nest-burrow tunnel length, and decreased as the nesting cycle progressed. Environmental features were similar between failed and successful nests based on 95% confidence intervals, but the seasonal midpoint was earlier for failed nests (31 May) compared to successful nests (15 Jun). The large annual variation in nest survival (a 15.3% increase between 2003 and 2004) accentuates the importance of multiyear studies when estimating reproductive parameters and when examining the factors that affect those parameters. Failure to locate and monitor nests throughout the breeding season may yield biased estimates of nesting success in burrowing owls (and possibly other species), and some of the variation in nesting success among years and across study sites may be explained by annual and spatial variation in ambient temperature. Any management actions that result in fewer prairie dogs, shorter burrow lengths, or earlier nesting may adversely affect reproductive success of burrowing owls.  相似文献   

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ROGER M. EVANS 《Ibis》1982,124(4):491-501
Black-billed Gulls breeding in large dense colonies on river beds in New Zealand were found to have a high rate of colony desertion early in the nesting cycle. The hypothesis is developed that individuals faced with possible desertion after they have begun to nest can reduce the likelihood of being deserted by delaying their nesting activities until a large number of others is also ready to nest. This interpretation is developed into a graphic model to show that colony desertion can thereby produce a strong selection pressure favouring highly synchronized nesting. This model successfully predicts onset synchrony, subcolony formation, occurrence of complete colony desertions mainly early in the season, occurrence of partial colony desertions, and the existence of nester non-nester conflict over whether or not to desert. Unstable food appears to be the most likely cause of colony desertion in Black-billed Gulls. Black-billed Gulls are similar, in varying degrees to Sandwich, Royal and White-fronted Terns. Convergent traits include tendencies to occupy colonies rapidly and synchronously, reduced site tenacity, and the use of open and often unstable nesting habitats. The links described here between desertion and synchrony may be relevant for some other species.  相似文献   

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《Ibis》1957,99(4):688-692
A hitherto unreported breeding site of the Lesser Flamingo Phoeniconaias minor is recorded in the Mweru Wantipa or Mweru Marsh, Northern Rhodesia. The site of the nesting colony, its structure, nest construction and behaviour of the birds is described. The importance of flooding in determining the site of the nesting colony is noted; adverse conditions caused by a rise in the water-level of Lake Mweru Wantipa appear to have completely destroyed the nests. The instability of such environments does not offer much chance of regular and permanent breeding, and may influence local movements on the part of the birds.  相似文献   

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Pink-footed geese Anser brachyrhynchus nest in two contrasting but commonly found habitats: steep cliffs and open tundra slopes. In Svalbard, we compared nest densities and nesting success in these two environments over ten breeding seasons to assess the impact of spring snow cover, food availability to nesting adults and arctic fox Vulpes lagopus (main terrestrial predator) abundance. In years with extensive spring snow cover, fewer geese at both colonies attempted to breed, possibly because snow cover limited pre-nesting feeding opportunities, leaving adults in poor breeding condition. Nesting success at the steep cliff colony was lower with extensive spring snow cover; such conditions force birds to commit to repeated and prolonged recess periods at far distant feeding areas, leaving nests open to predation. By contrast, nesting success at the open tundra slope was not affected by spring snow cover; even if birds were apparently in poor condition they could feed immediately adjacent to their nests and defend them from predators. Foxes were the main nest predator in the open tundra slopes but avian predators likely had a larger impact at the steep cliffs colony. Thus, the relative inaccessibility of the cliffs habitat may bring protection from foxes but also deprives geese from readily accessing feeding areas, with the best prospects for successful nesting in low spring snow cover years. Our findings indicate that spring snow cover, predator abundance and food proximity did not uniformly influence nesting success of this herbivore, and their effects were dependent on nesting habitat choice.  相似文献   

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