Females must balance physiological and behavioral demands of producing offspring with associated expenditures, such as resource acquisition and predator avoidance. Nest …
MD Conley, NA Yeldell, MJ Chamberlain… - Ecology and …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Selection of habitats has regularly been suggested to influence species demography at both local and broad scales. The expectation is that selection behaviors have positive benefits via …
The theory of adaptive habitat selection suggests resource selection by animals should reflect underlying quality, such that individual selection confers an adaptive advantage via …
AK Fuller, SM Spohr, DJ Harrison… - Wildlife Biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Nest survival is a critical factor affecting avian demographics, and can be influenced by nesting chronology, fine scale nest‐site selection and broad‐scale landscape …
Background Central place foragers must acquire resources and return to a central location after foraging bouts. During the egg laying (hereafter laying) period, females are constrained …
ME Byrne, BS Cohen, BA Collier… - Wildlife Society …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Nest site fidelity is a common behavioral trait among birds that can positively influence reproductive success when there is spatial heterogeneity and temporal predictability in nest …
Habitat use and home range sizes of female Eastern Wild Turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo silvestris) during preincubation may influence reproductive success. Little information on …
MJ Chamberlain, BS Cohen… - The Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Behavioral and movement ecology of broods are among the most poorly understood aspects of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) reproductive ecology. Recent declines in wild …
F Hernandez, SE Henke, NJ Silvy, D Rollins - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2001 - JSTOR
Many studies have used simulated nests to infer patterns of predation of actual nests. However, most studies have used eggs of a different species or different clutch size, which …