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| Ribeiro-Silva,Lais; Perrella,Daniel F.; Biagolini-Jr,Carlos H.; Zima,Paulo V.Q.; Piratelli,Augusto J.; Schlindwein,Marcelo N.; Galetti Junior,Pedro M.; Francisco,Mercival R.. |
| ABSTRACT Identification of the predators of bird nests is essential to test ecological and evolutionary hypotheses and to make practical management decisions. A variety of nest monitoring devices have been proposed but many remain difficult to set up in the field. The aim of this study was to test camera traps as a potential tool to study predation of natural nests in a tropical rainforest environment. Specifically, we registered the predators, assessed their size range, and we compared the use of one and two cameras per nest. Of 122 nests from 24 bird species, 45 (37%) were depredated, and the cameras recorded the predator species in 29 of the total of depredated nests (64%). We identified predators in eight of 16 depredated nests (50%) in which we used... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Atlantic Forest; Nest monitoring; Nest predators; Nesting success. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702018000100326 |
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| Perrella,Daniel F.; Piacentini,Vitor Q.; Zima,Paulo V.Q.; Biagolini-Jr.,Carlos; Ribeiro-Silva,Lais; Francisco,Mercival R.. |
| ABSTRACT Even though nest architecture has been useful for phylogenetic inferences among the Thamnophilidae (Aves: Passeriformes), the nests of only three out of five species of Myrmoderus (Ridgway, 1909) are known to science. Here we describe the nests, eggs, and nestling of the Squamate Antbird Myrmoderus squamosus (Pelzeln, 1868). Two nests were bulky bottom-supported cups, measuring 7.3 and 12 cm in maximum outside diameter, with a noticeably smaller egg cup, and they were placed within the crown of short, broad-leafed plants. Eggs were short-oval, with chalky white background color, and purple blotches and streaks more concentrated in the large end. One nestling was dark reddish grey, with bluish white feet, pinkish gray tarsi, and a blackish bill... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Myrmeciza; Nest type; Phylogeny; Taxonomy. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702019000100320 |
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| Biagolini-Jr,Carlos; Costa,Mariellen C.; Perrella,Daniel F.; Zima,Paulo V.Q.; Ribeiro-Silva,Lais; Francisco,Mercival R.. |
| ABSTRACT Over the last two decades, several studies have shown that the mating systems of various birds are more complex than previously believed, and paternity tests performed with molecular techniques have proved, for instance, that the commonly observed social monogamy often presents important variations, such as extra-pair paternity. However, data are still largely biased towards temperate species. In our study, at an area of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest, we found broods containing at least one extra-pair young (EPY) in the socially monogamous White-necked Thrush Turdus albicollis (Vieillot, 1818). Paternity tests using six heterologous microsatellite loci revealed that four of 11 broods (36.4%) presented at least one extra-pair young (EPY). This rate... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/other |
Palavras-chave: Cuckoldry; Extra-pair copulation; Infidelity; Social monogamy. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702016000404002 |
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| Perrella,Daniel F.; Davanço,Paulo V.; Oliveira,Leonardo S.; Sousa,Livia M.S.; Francisco,Mercival R.. |
| ABSTRACT Despite the fact that E. chlorotica (Linnaeus, 1766) is common and widely distributed in South America, the reproductive aspects of the species are poorly documented. Here we present data on 18 active nests found from August to February, between 2007 and 2012. Nests were globular with a lateral entrance, and measured 97.9 ± 14.4 mm in outside height, 110.6 ± 11.6 mm in outside diameter, and were 4.88 ± 2.09 m above ground. They were often supported from bellow and were composed mainly of tiny dry leafs and leaflets, fine petioles, and plumed seeds, all compacted with spider web silk. Eggs were laid on consecutive days or with one day interval, and clutch size varied from 1-3 eggs (2.1 ± 0.6, n = 9 nests). Only females incubated the eggs, but both... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Birds; Breeding biology; Nesting behavior; Euphoniinae; Wasps. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702017000100321 |
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