The abundance of small mammals is positively linked to survival from nest depredation but negatively linked to local recruitment of a ground nesting precocial bird ...

• Main Authors: Pakanen, Veli-Matti, Tornberg, Risto, Airaksinen, Eveliina, Rönkä, Nelli, Koivula, Kari
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2022
• Subjects: alternative prey; local recruitment; nest success; juvenile survival; Voles; Rodents; wader; Calidris alpina schinzii; FOS Biological sciences; Aikio; Koivula; Luukkonen; Calidris alpina; Dunlin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.tx95x6b1q; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.tx95x6b1q

Generalist predators using small mammals as their primary prey are suggested to shift hunting alternative prey such as bird nests, when small mammals are in short supply (the alternative prey hypothesis, APH). Nest survival and survival of young individuals should be positively linked to small mamma...