Common Grackle breeding on bottomland forest restoration sites
Southeastern Naturalist
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Abstract
Two of 36 forest restoration sites in the Mississippi Alluvial Valley surveyed from 2000-2002 harbored Quiscalus quiscula (Common Grackle). Occupied sites were in less-forested landscapes and had sparser understory vegetation due to flooding. Probability of daily nest survival (0.9077) of 169 Common Grackle nests was influenced by nest-placement, temporal, and landscape effects. Age of nest markedly affected nest survival, which increased from <0.89 during egg laying (age < 6 days) to >0.92 when nestlings were present (age > 18 days). Extrapolating daily nest survival to a 31 -day nest period resulted in 5% nest success, far less then previously estimated for this species in more northern latitudes and likely less than required to sustain populations on these sites.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Common Grackle breeding on bottomland forest restoration sites |
| Series title | Southeastern Naturalist |
| DOI | 10.1656/058.010.0101 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Year Published | 2011 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Humboldt Field Research Institute |
| Publisher location | Steuben, ME |
| Contributing office(s) | Patuxent Wildlife Research Center |
| Description | 10 p. |
| First page | 1 |
| Last page | 10 |
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