Nest-site Selection and Competition Coexistence of Horned Larks and Small Skylarks
We investigated nest-site characteristics and reproductive season changes of horned larks ( Eremophila alpestris ) and small skylarks ( Alauda gulgula ) during three periods from Apr.to Sep.in 2000-2002 at Haibei Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Research Station,the Chinese Academy of Sciences,in northern Qi...
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ftbiolineint:cria:bioline:zr:zr04036 2023-05-15T16:06:20+02:00 Nest-site Selection and Competition Coexistence of Horned Larks and Small Skylarks ZHAO Liang ZHANG Xiao-ai Origin of publication: China 2005-12-05 html http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=zr04036 cn chi Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences http://www.zoores.ac.cn/; http://www.bioline.org.br/zr http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=zr04036 Copyright 2004 Kunming Institute of Zoology, the Chinese Academy of Sciences Zoological Research (ISSN: 2095-8137) Vol 25 Num 3 Eremophila alpestris Alauda gulgula Nest-site selection Nest predation; Thermal consideration;Competition; Coexistence AA 2005 ftbiolineint 2015-11-02T21:31:13Z We investigated nest-site characteristics and reproductive season changes of horned larks ( Eremophila alpestris ) and small skylarks ( Alauda gulgula ) during three periods from Apr.to Sep.in 2000-2002 at Haibei Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Research Station,the Chinese Academy of Sciences,in northern Qinghai Province.Nests of horned lark (n=27) and small skylark (n=43) were used to eximined nest-site characteristics.We used stable isotopes to determine the dietary contributions ratio of raise nestling,and compare nest-site characteristics and overlap degree of diet of horned lark and small skylark.The result shown:1)there was significantly difference between the exoteric degrees of nests in horned lark and small skylark (P<0.01),which were 92.16% and 34.61%,respectively.2)the number of distance to nearest structural element of horned lark (0.07±0.26) was significantly lower than that of small skylark (2.57±1.19)(P<0.01).3)the vegetation height and the percentage of vegetation cover of nest-site of small skylark were significantly higher than those of horned lark(P<0.01).4)the food resource,reproductive season length and reproductive frequency largely overlapped in these two species.There is a balance between cost and benefit of horned lark and small skylark in nest-site selection.It is possible that predation and thermal consideration have guided the evolution of nest-site selection of two species,and the coexistence mechanism of them is nest-site differentiation. Other/Unknown Material Eremophila alpestris Bioline International (Reference Center on Environmental Information, Brazil) |
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We investigated nest-site characteristics and reproductive season changes of horned larks ( Eremophila alpestris ) and small skylarks ( Alauda gulgula ) during three periods from Apr.to Sep.in 2000-2002 at Haibei Alpine Meadow Ecosystem Research Station,the Chinese Academy of Sciences,in northern Qinghai Province.Nests of horned lark (n=27) and small skylark (n=43) were used to eximined nest-site characteristics.We used stable isotopes to determine the dietary contributions ratio of raise nestling,and compare nest-site characteristics and overlap degree of diet of horned lark and small skylark.The result shown:1)there was significantly difference between the exoteric degrees of nests in horned lark and small skylark (P<0.01),which were 92.16% and 34.61%,respectively.2)the number of distance to nearest structural element of horned lark (0.07±0.26) was significantly lower than that of small skylark (2.57±1.19)(P<0.01).3)the vegetation height and the percentage of vegetation cover of nest-site of small skylark were significantly higher than those of horned lark(P<0.01).4)the food resource,reproductive season length and reproductive frequency largely overlapped in these two species.There is a balance between cost and benefit of horned lark and small skylark in nest-site selection.It is possible that predation and thermal consideration have guided the evolution of nest-site selection of two species,and the coexistence mechanism of them is nest-site differentiation. |
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Nest-site Selection and Competition Coexistence of Horned Larks and Small Skylarks |
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Nest-site Selection and Competition Coexistence of Horned Larks and Small Skylarks |
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Nest-site Selection and Competition Coexistence of Horned Larks and Small Skylarks |
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Nest-site Selection and Competition Coexistence of Horned Larks and Small Skylarks |
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Nest-site Selection and Competition Coexistence of Horned Larks and Small Skylarks |
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nest-site selection and competition coexistence of horned larks and small skylarks |
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Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
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Eremophila alpestris |
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Eremophila alpestris |
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Zoological Research (ISSN: 2095-8137) Vol 25 Num 3 |
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