Variation in offspring quality with cavity orientation in the great tit

Goodenough, Anne E.; Hart, Adam G.; Elliot, Simon L.

doi:10.1080/08927014.2008.9522518

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“…The orientation of nest boxes also can be important. The direction a box faces can infl uence the internal microenvironment during critical breeding periods for cavity-nesting birds, due either to variable exposure to wind and rain (Goodenough et al 2008) or variation in internal temperatures resulting from differential sun exposure (Ardia et al 2006).…”

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Eastern Bluebirds Choose Nest Boxes Based on Box Orientation

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Anderson

2011

Southeastern Naturalist

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Eastern Bluebirds Choose Nest Boxes Based on Box Orientation

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2011

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“…However, this is not the case for pied flycatchers at the study site, as previous research has demonstrated 172 that breeding success (number of young to fledge) relates to nestbox orientation (Goodenough et al, 2008b).…”

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Are nest sites actively chosen? Testing a common assumption for three non-resource limited birds

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“…Given that previous research had already revealed that offspring quality in great tits is related to orientation, being lowest in nestboxes facing south-southwest [22], we have triangulated evidence for a nest-site selection pressure, with empirical evidence for one correlation between nestbox orientation and avian offspring quality, another 436 correlation between orientation and the loading of E. purpurascens (and P. veronii and C.…”

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“…Further analysis revealed that great tit chicks from south-southwest oriented boxes were of significantly lower quality than chicks from boxes facing other directions [22].…”

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