Relationship of the Common Treecreeper Certhia familiaris to edge effect and forest fragmentation

Författare

  • M. Kuitunen
  • P. Helle

Abstract

The paper deals with two questions : 1) Do the breeding success of the Treecreeper and its occupancy of nest-boxes vary in relation to the proximity of the forest edge (data from S Finland)? 2) What is the area of the smallest forest fragments andreal islands accepted by a breeding Treecreeper pair (seven data sets from northern and western Europe)? According to the breeding records the egg-laying date, clutch size and size of breeding adults did not differ in relation to the proximity of the forest edge . A greater proportion of nests (37%) was destroyed in forest margins (50 ha, 65%) exceeded that in smaller ones (
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Research articles

Publicerad

1988-12-31

Referera så här

Kuitunen, M., & Helle, P. (1988). Relationship of the Common Treecreeper Certhia familiaris to edge effect and forest fragmentation. Ornis Fennica, 65(4), 150–155. Hämtad från https://ornisfennica.journal.fi/article/view/133267