Linking landscape composition to predator-specific nest predation requires examining multiple landscape scales

• Published in: The Journal of applied ecology Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 2082 - 2092
• Main Authors: Chiavacci, Scott J., Benson, Thomas J., Ward, Michael P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford John Wiley & Sons Ltd 01.07.2018; Blackwell Publishing Ltd
• Subjects: Adaptive management; Birds; Composition; Decision making; Dependence; Ecological effects; Land cover; Landscape; landscape composition; landscape scale; Management; nest camera; nest predation; nest survival; Nesting; Nests; Pantherophis obsoletus; Pantherophis vulpinus; Predation; Predators; Procyon lotor; Reproductive failure; scale‐dependence; shrub‐nesting bird; Snakes; Species; Wildlife monitoring

1. Landscape composition around bird nests can strongly influence nest predation, a major cause of reproductive failure for many species. Understanding this relationship may improve the effectiveness of management actions aimed at reducing predation. Despite attempts to link landscape composition to...