Nest losses of cavity nesting birds caused by dormice [Gliridae, Rodentia]

• Autorzy: Adamik P. , Kral M.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Mammals are common predators on bird nests. However, their species identity frequently remains unknown. Here we present long-term data (1975–2005) from a central European woodland on the predatory effect of three dormice species (Rodentia, Gliridae) on cavity-nesting birds. Dormice are mostly frugivorous during the active late-summer season, but shortly after they terminate hibernation, they frequently depredate cavity-nesting-bird nests. The seven bird species studied, lost on average between 2.9 to 18.4% of their broods. MigratoryFicedula flycatchers suffered the highest brood losses, while the residentParus titmice and the nuthatchSitta europaea had much lower brood losses. The three dormice species differed significantly in their predatory effect during different avian breeding stages. The edible dormouseGlis glis (Linnaeus, 1766) depredated both eggs and nestlings equally, while the common dormouseMuscardinus avellanarius (Linnaeus, 1758) and the forest dormouseDryomys nitedula (Pallas, 1778) destroyed more nests during egg laying and the incubation period. Among adult birds, females were taken more frequently by dormice than males. Among avian species, adultFicedula flycatchers were more often depredated than the titmice and nuthatch. Our study provided further evidence, that among the traditional studies on the costs of reproduction, parental mortality at the nests needs to be considered and that incubating or brooding females might be under higher predation risk than the males.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

nest loss; Gliridae; bird species; dormouse; predation; reproductive cost; Rodentia; nesting bird; mortality

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Theriologica
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 53
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.185-192,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Adamik P.

• Museum of Natural History, Nam.Republiky 5, Olomouc, 771 73, Czech Republic

autor

Kral M.

Bibliografia

• Adamík P. and Král M. (in press). Climate and resource-driven long-term changes in dormice populations negatively affect hole-nesting songbirds. Journal of Zoology, London.
• Bieber C. 1998. Population dynamics, sexual activity, and reproduction failure in the fat dormouse (Myoxus glis). Journal of Zoology, London 244: 223–229.
• Bureš S. 1997. High common voleMicrotus arvalis predation on ground-nesting bird eggs and nestlings. Ibis 139: 173–174.
• Fietz J., Pflug M., Schlund W. and Tataruch F. 2005. Influences of the feeding ecology on body mass and possible implications for reproduction in the edible dormouse (Glis glis). Journal of Comparative Physiology B 175: 45–55.
• Fietz J., Schlund W., Dausmann K. H., Regelmann M. and Heldmaier G. 2004. Energetic constraints on sexual activity in the male edible dormouse (Glis glis). Oecologia 138: 202–209.
• Gatter W. and Schütt R. 1999. Langzeitentwicklung der Höhlenkonkurrenz zwischen Vögeln (Aves) und Säugetieren (Bilche Gliridae, Mäuse Muridae) in den Wäldern Baden-Württembergs. Ornithologischer Anzeiger 38: 107–130.
• Ghalambor C. K. and Martin T. E. 2002. Comparative manipulation of predation risk in incubating birds reveals variability in the plasticity of responses. Behavioral Ecology 13: 101–108.
• Götmark F., Post P., Olsson J. and Himmelmann D. 1997. Natural selection and sexual dimorphism: sex-biased sparrowhawk predation favours crypsis in female chaffinches. Oikos 80: 540–548.
• Haftorn S. 1988. Incubating female passerines do not let egg temperature fall below the physiological zero temperature during their absences from the nest. Ornis Scandinavica 19: 97–110.
• Hinde R. A. 1952. The behaviour of the great tit (Parus major) and some other related species. Behaviour, Supplement II: 1–201.
• Jędrzejewska B. and Jędrzejewski W. 1998. Predation on vertebrate communities: the Białowieża primeval forest as a case study. Springer Verlag, Berlin: 1–450.
• Jurczyszyn M. and Zgrabczyńska E. 2007. Influence of population density and reproduction on space use and spatial relations in the edible dormouse. Acta Theriologica 52: 181–188.
• Juškaitis R. 1995. Relationship between common dormice and other occupants of bird nest-boxes in Lithuania. Folia Zoologica 44: 289–269.
• Juškaitis R. 2006a. Interactions between dormice (Gliridae) and hole-nesting birds in nestboxes. Folia Zoologica 55: 225–236.
• Juškaitis R. 2006b. Nestbox grids in population studies of the common dormouse (Muscardinus avellanarius L.) methodological aspects. Polish Journal of Ecology 54: 351–358.
• Kappes J. J. 1997. Defining cavity-associated interactions between red-cockaded woodpeckers and other cavity-dependent species: interspecific competition or cavity kleptoparasitism? Auk 114: 778–780.
• Koppmann-Rumpf B., Heberer C. and Schmidt K. H. 2003. Long-term study of the reaction of the edible dormouseGlis glis to climatic changes and its interactions with hole-breeding passerines. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 49 (Suppl. 1): 69–76.
• Král M. 1982. Beitrag zur Nistenbionomie des Halsbandfliegenschnäppers (Ficedula albicollis Temm.) im Nordmährischen Gesenke. Zprávy MOS 40: 7–42. [In Czech with German summary]
• Král M. 1993. Morphology and nesting biology in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca Pall.) in the Nízký Jeseník Mountains. Časopis Slezského Muzea Opava (A) 42: 43–55. [In Czech with English summary]
• Král M. and Bièík V. 1990. Structure and dispersal of collared flycatcher nesting population (Ficedula albicollis Temm.) in Lower Jeseník Mountains. Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomoucensis 30: 161–173. [In Czech with English summary]
• Lack D. 1954. The natural regulation of animal numbers. Oxford University Press, London: 1–343.
• Liker A. and Székely T. 2005. Mortality costs of sexual selection and parental care in natural populations of birds. Evolution 59: 890–897.
• Lima S. L. 2002. Putting predators back into behavioral predator-prey interactions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17: 70–75.
• Martin T. E. and Li P. 1992. Life history traits of open-vs. cavity-nesting birds. Ecology 73: 579–592.
• Mazgajski T. D. 2003. Nesting interactions between woodpeckers and starlings-delayed commensalism, competition for nest sites or cavity kleptoparasitism? [In: International Woodpecker Symposium. P. Pechacek and W. d’Oleire-Oltmanss, eds]. Nationalpark Berchtesgaden Forschungsbericht 48: 133–138.
• McShea W. J. 2000. The influence of acorn crops on annual variation in rodent and bird populations. Ecology 81: 228–238.
• Merilä J. and Wiggins D. A. 1995. Interspecific competition for nest holes causes adult mortality in the collared flycatcher. Condor 97: 445–450.
• Newton I. 1998. Population limitation in birds. Academic Press, London: 1–597.
• Nowakowski W. K. and Godlewska M. 2006. The importance of animal food forDryomys nitedula (Pallas) andGlis glis (L.) in Białowieża Forest (East Poland): analysis of faeces. Polish Journal of Ecology 54: 359–367.
• Post P. and Götmark F. 2006. Foraging behavior and predation risk in male and female Eurasian Blackbirds (Turdus merula) during the breeding season. Auk 123: 162–170.
• Pucek Z., Jędrzejewski W., Jędrzejewska B. and Pucek M. 1993. Rodent population dynamics in a primeval deciduous forest (Białowieża National Park) in relation to weather, seed crop, and predation. Acta Theriologica 38: 199–232.
• Remeš V. 2005. Birds and rodents destroy different nests: a study of BlackcapSylvia atricapilla using the removal of nest concealment. Ibis 147: 213–216.
• Ricklefs R. E. 1969. An analysis of nestling mortality in birds. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 9: 1–48.
• Ruf T., Fietz J., Schlund W. and Bieber C. 2006. High survival in poor years: life history tactics adapted to mast seeding in the edible dormouse. Ecology 87: 372–381.
• Saetre G. P., Král M., Bureš S. and Ims R. A. 1999. Dynamics of a clinal hybrid zone and a comparison with island hybrid zones of flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca andF. albicollis). Journal of Zoology, London 247: 53–64.
• Sarà M., Milazzo A., Falletta W. and Bellia E. 2005. Exploitation competition between hole-nesters (Muscardinus avellanarius, Mammalia andParus caeruleus, Aves) in Mediterranean woodlands. Journal of Zoology, London 265: 347–357.
• Schlund W., Scharfe F. and Ganzhorn J. U. 2002. Long-term comparison of food availability and reproduction in the edible dormouse (Glis glis). Mammalian Biology 67: 219–232.
• Schmidt K. A. 2003. Linking frequencies of acorn masting in temperate forests to long-term population growth rates in a songbird: the veery (Catharus fuscescens). Oikos 103: 548–558.
• Schmidt K. A. and Ostfeld R. S. 2003. Songbird populations in fluctuating environments: predator responses to pulsed resources. Ecology 84: 406–415.
• Söderstrom B., Part T. and Ryden J. 1998. Different nest predator faunas and nest predation risk on ground and shrub nests at forest ecotones: an experiment and a review. Oecologia 117: 108–118.
• Vietinghoff-Riesch A. 1960. Der Siebenschläfer (Glis glis L.). Gustav Fischer Verlag, Jena: 1–196.
• Walankiewicz W. 2002. Nest predation as a limiting factor to the breeding population size of the Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis in the Białowieża National Park (NE Poland). Acta Ornithologica 37: 91–106.
• Weidinger K. 2002. Interactive effects of concealment, parental behaviour and predators on the survival of open passerine nests. Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 424–437.
• Weidinger K. and Král M. 2007. Climatic effects on arrival and laying dates in a long-distance migrant, the Collared FlycatcherFicedula albicollis. Ibis 149: 836–847.
• Wesołowski T. and Tomiałojć L. 2005. Nest sites, nest depredation, and productivity of avian broods in a primeval temperate forest: do the generalisations hold? Journal of Avian Biology 36: 361–367.