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Experimentally provided conspecific cues boost bird territory density but not breeding performance

Grendelmeier, Alex ; Arlettaz, Raphaël ; Olano-Marin, Juanita ; Pasinelli, Gilberto

In: Behavioral Ecology, 2016, vol. 28, no. 1, p. -

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    Titre
    • Experimentally provided conspecific cues boost bird territory density but not breeding performance
    Auteur
    • Grendelmeier, Alex. Ecological Research, Swiss Ornithological Institute , Seerose 1, 6204 Sempach , Switzerland and
    • Arlettaz, Raphaël. Division of Conservation Biology, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, University of Bern , Baltzerstrasse 6, 3012 Bern , Switzerland
    • Olano-Marin, Juanita. Ecological Research, Swiss Ornithological Institute , Seerose 1, 6204 Sempach , Switzerland and
    • Pasinelli, Gilberto. Ecological Research, Swiss Ornithological Institute , Seerose 1, 6204 Sempach , Switzerland and
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Behavioral Ecology, 2016, vol. 28, p. 1. Oxford University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:331535
    Summary
    Male wood warblers preferred to set up breeding territories near conspecific males, which we experimentally simulated with song playback. Pairing rates and reproductive performance did not differ between experimental plots with and without song playback, but fewer eggs survived to produce young on song plots. Additionally, because consequences of artificial attraction for distribution and settlement of the wood warbler remain unclear, acoustic attraction as method for songbird conservation has to be further evaluated.