Abstract
We conducted a 3-year nest predation experiment with artificial ground nests in a boreal forest landscape to investigate the impact of landscape structure (clear-cuts, forest edges, interiors and corridors) on nest predation. The artificial nests in forest corridors had clearly lower predation (12.6%) than nests in clear-cuts (42.5%), forest edges (40.8%), and forest interiors (36.1%) in every year studied. The width of a corridor and the effects of forest-open land edge did not affect nest loss. During the three successive years, the nest predation rate was rather equal between forest and clear-cuts and in one year was highest in clear-cuts.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Old-Growth Forests and Coniferous Forests |
| Subtitle of host publication | Ecology, Habitat and Conservation |
| Editors | Ronald P. Weber |
| Publisher | Nova Science Publishers |
| Pages | 37-53 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-63482-369-2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2015 |
| MoEC publication type | A3 Part of a book or another research book |
Field of science
- Ecology, evolutionary biology