Study

Metal barriers protect near-ground nests from predators

  • Published source details Post W. & Greenlaw J.S. (1989) Metal barriers protect near-ground nests from predators. Journal of Field Ornithology, 60, 102-103.

Actions

This study is summarised as evidence for the following.

Action Category

Physically protect nests with individual exclosures/barriers or provide shelters for chicks of songbirds

Action Link
Bird Conservation
  1. Physically protect nests with individual exclosures/barriers or provide shelters for chicks of songbirds

    A replicated, controlled study in 1979 on saltmarshes in Florida, USA (Post & Greenlaw 1989) found that protecting seaside sparrow Ammodramus maritimus nests (located near the ground) with cylindrical metal barriers (1.5 m tall with a flexible wire canopy) increased the proportion of nests fledging young from 6% (34 nests) to 48% (42 nests). The main predators excluded were rice rat Oryzomys palustris.

     

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