In ground nesting upland birds, reproductive activities contribute to elevated predation risk,
so females presumably use multiple strategies to ensure nest success. Identification of …

Females must balance physiological and behavioral demands of producing offspring with
associated expenditures, such as resource acquisition and predator avoidance. Nest …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Behavioral and movement ecology of broods are among the most poorly understood
aspects of wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) reproductive ecology. Recent declines in wild …

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 …