Open AccessNest predation patterns in ground‐nesting passerines on the Iberian Peninsula
Author(s) -
Yanes Miguel,
Suarez Francisco
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
ecography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.973
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1600-0587
pISSN - 0906-7590
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0587.1995.tb00145.x
Subject(s) - predation , nest (protein structural motif) , ecology , nesting (process) , geography , peninsula , population , biology , demography , biochemistry , materials science , sociology , metallurgy
The idea that ground‐nesting birds have a high risk of predation is widely accepted This paper analyzes the nest predation patterns of ground‐nesting passerines on the Iberian Peninsula The nest predation rates are higher m open land species x= 71%) than m countryside farmland (10%) or forest birds (29%) The latter species have no differences in daily survival between ground and above‐ground nests The higher nest predation in ground‐nesting open land species was similar m peninsular Spain and North America We conclude that it is incorrect to generalize that all ground nesters have high nest predation rates, and we discuss the possible link of the high nest predation rates of open land birds to the decline observed in their population trends in Spain