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| Author(s): | Stanback, Mark;
Cline, Esther;
Anderson, Wesley;
Bergner, Laura;
McGovern, Patrick;
Mercadante, Austin;
Millican, David;
Olbert, Jean |
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| Author Affiliation: | Stanback: Professor of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC; Cline: Graduate Student, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Anderson: Graduate Student, Department of Natural Resources Management, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; Bergner: Department of Zoology, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand; McGovern: Department of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC; Mercadante: Graduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL; Millican: Department of Biology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC; Olbert: Graduate Student, Florida Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL |
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| Title: | Bluebird-proof nest boxes increase brown-headed nuthatch breeding on southeastern golf courses |
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| Source: | USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online. Vol. 10, No. 18, September 15 2011, p. [1-12]. |
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| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
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| # of Pages: | 14 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Birdwatching; Nest boxes; Population dynamics; Sialia sialis; Sitta pusilla; Wildlife management
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| Abstract/Contents: | "Brown-headed Nuthatches (Sitta pusilla) have suffered population declines throughout their range in the southeastern United States. Researchers investigated nest site competition between these nuthatches and Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) and tested management strategies to enhance nuthatch numbers on southeastern golf courses. Findings include: Numbers of nesting nuthatches increased dramatically when bluebirds were excluded from boxes by reducing the size of entrance holes. Although Brown-headed Nuthatches are assumed to be pine-dependent, local pine densities had no significant influence on where they nested. Rather, nuthatches nested almost exclusively in nest boxes where bluebirds were excluded. When we returned bluebird-accessible entrance holes to nest boxes, bluebirds usurped nearly all nuthatch nests, demonstrating not only that nuthatches are not averse to using standard boxes, but also that bluebirds can actively displace nesting nuthatches. To test whether pairing standard boxes would allow for both species to coexist, we compared nuthatch occupancy of standard box pairs (both boxes with bluebird-accessible holes) vs. pairs consisting of one bluebird-accessible box and one bluebird-proof box). Bluebird/nuthatch coexistence was significantly greater in the latter pair type, suggesting that when standard boxes are paired, bluebirds defend both boxes even though they use only one. Because pairing standard boxes provides no benefits to nuthatches, we recommend that southeastern golf courses simply provide every other nest box with a one-inch (bluebird-proof) entrance hole." |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 36 |
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| Note: | Summary as abstract
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Stanback, M., E. Cline, W. Anderson, L. Bergner, P. McGovern, A. Mercadante, et al. 2011. Bluebird-proof nest boxes increase brown-headed nuthatch breeding on southeastern golf courses. USGA Turfgrass Environ. Res. Online. 10(18):p. [1-12]. |
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