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Coating plasticine eggs can eliminate the overestimation of predation on artificial ground nests |
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| Authors: | Jen? J Purger Kornélia Kurucz Ádám Tóth Péter Batáry |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Animal Ecology , University of Pécs , Ifjúság útja 6, 7624 , Pécs , Hungary purger@gamma.ttk.pte.hu;3. Department of Animal Ecology , University of Pécs , Ifjúság útja 6, 7624 , Pécs , Hungary;4. Agroecology , Georg-August University , Grisebachstr. 6, 37077 , G?ttingen , Germany;5. MTA-ELTE-MTM Ecology Research Group , Baross u. 13, 1088 , Budapest , Hungary |
| Abstract: | Capsule The use of plasticine eggs coated with a thin layer of rubber instead of entirely plasticine eggs in dummy nests reduced the unnaturally high nest predation rate caused by attracted small mammals, while also enabling the identification of nest predators. |
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