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Titre :	Nest predators of woodland open-nesting songbirds in central Europe
Auteurs :	Karel Weidinger, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Ibis (151(2) APR 2009)
Article en page(s) :	352-360
Résumé :	I used time-lapse videotaping to identify predators of open songbird nests in fragmented deciduous woodland (nine plots, 2-10 ha each) in the Czech Republic from 2002 to 2006. I documented 22 species of predators at 171 nests of 13 species (mainly Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla, Song Thrush Turdus philomelos, Common Blackbird Turdus merula, Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella and Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs). The main predators were Pine Marten Martes martes (37% of 178 predation events), Jay Garrulus glandarius (29%), Buzzard Buteo buteo (7%) and Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major (7%); mammals accounted for 48% of total predation. At least 3% of nests were depredated by multiple predators. In spite of their local abundance, Hooded Crows Corvus cornix did not present a serious threat for shrub nesting songbirds (

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