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Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

Authors: Anders Pape Møller, Frank Adriaensen, Alexandr Artemyev, Jerzy Bańbura, Emilio Barba, Clotilde Biard, Jacques Blondel, Zihad Bouslama, Jean-Charles Bouvier, Jordi Camprodon, Francesco Cecere, Alexis Chaine, Anne Charmantier, Motti Charter, Mariusz Cichoń, Camillo Cusimano, Dorota Czeszczewik, Blandine Doligez, Claire Doutrelant, Anna Dubiec, Marcel Eens, Tapio Eeva, Bruno Faivre, Peter N. Ferns, Jukka T. Forsman, Eduardo García-del-Rey, Aya Goldshtein, Anne E. Goodenough, Andrew G. Gosler, Iga Góźdź, Arnaud Grégoire, Lars Gustafsson, Ian R. Hartley, Philipp Heeb, Shelley A. Hinsley, Paul Isenmann, Staffan Jacob, Antero Järvinen, Rimvydas Juškaitis, Wojciech Kania, Erkki Korpimäki, Indrikis Krams, Toni Laaksonen, Bernard Leclercq, Esa Lehikoinen, Olli Loukola, Arne Lundberg, Mark C. Mainwaring, Raivo Mänd, Bruno Massa, Tomasz D. Mazgajski, Santiago Merino, Cezary Mitrus, Mikko Mönkkönen,, Judith Morales-Fernaz, Juan Moreno, Xavier Morin, Ruedi G. Nager, Jan-Åke Nilsson, Sven G. Nilsson, Ana C. Norte, Markku Orell, Philippe Perret, Christopher M. Perrins, Carla S. Pimentel, Rianne Pinxten, Ilze Priedniece, Marie-Claude Quidoz, Vladimir Remeš, Heinz Richner, Hugo Robles, Andy Russell, Seppo Rytkönen, Juan Carlos Senar, Janne T. Seppänen, Luis Pascoal da Silva, Tore Slagsvold, Tapio Solonen, Alberto Sorace, Martyn J. Stenning, Janos Török, Piotr Tryjanowski, Arie J. van Noordwijk, Mikael von Numers, Wiesaw Walankiewicz, Marcel M. Lambrechts

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

Publication year: 2014

Journal: Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Journal name in source: METHODS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Journal acronym: METHODS ECOL EVOL

Volume: 5

Issue: 4

First page : 353

Last page: 362

Number of pages: 10

ISSN: 2041-210X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.12160

Abstract

These findings demonstrate that the size of nest boxes and material used to construct nest boxes can differentially affect clutch size in different species. The findings also suggest that the nest box design may affect not only focal species, but also indirectly other species through the effects of nest box design on productivity and therefore potentially population density and hence interspecific competition.