The pattern of nest-site cleaning by European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 175-177

  Mazgajski, Tomasz D ^a   Kȩdra, Aleksander H ^b   Beal, Kathleen G ^c  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b W STEFA SKI INSTITUTE OF PARASITOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEST SITE; PASSERINE;

PASSERIFORMES; STURNIDAE; STURNUS; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 0347900645     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2004.00247.x     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Alatalo, R., Carlson, A. & Lundberg, A. 1990. Polygyny and breeding success of Pied Flycatchers nesting in natural cavities. In: Blondel, J., Gosler, A., Lebreton, J.-D. & McCleery, R. (eds) Population Biology of Passerine Birds: 323-330. Berlin: Springer Verlag.
2. Antonov, A. & Atanasova, D. 2003. Re-use of old nests versus the construction of new ones in the Magpie Pica pica in the city of Sofia (Bulgaria). Acta Ornithol. 38: 1-4.
3. van Balen, J.H., Booy, C.J.H., van Franeker, J.A. & Osieck, E.R. 1982. Studies on hole-nesting birds in natural nest-sites. 1. Availability and occupation of natural nest-sites. Ardea 70: 1-24.
4. Busse, P. & Gotzman, J. 1962. Nesting competition and mixed clutches among some birds inhabiting the nest-boxes. Acta Ornithol. 7: 1-32 (in Polish with English summary).
5. Clark, L. & Mason, J.R. 1985. Use of nest material as insecticidal and anti-pathogenic agents by the European Starling. Oecologia 67: 169-176.
6. Clark, L. & Mason, J.R. 1988. Effect of biologically active plants used as nest material and the derived benefit to starling nestlings. Oecologia 77: 174-180.
7. Conrad, K-F. & Robertson, R.I. 1993. Clutch size in Eastern Phoebes (Sayornis phoebe). The cost of nest building. Can. J. Zool. 71: 1003-1007.
8. Feare, C. 1984. The Starling. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
9. Ingold, D.J. 1989. Nesting phenology and competition for nest sites among Red-headed and Red-bellied Woodpeckers and European Starlings. Auk 106: 209-217.
10. Mazgajski, T.D. 2003. Nest site choice in relation to the presence of old nests and cavity depth in the Starling Sturnus vulgaris. Ethology Ecol. Evol. 15: 273-281.
11. Mazgajski, T.D. & Kȩdra, A.H. 1998. Endoparasite Isospora sp. (Coccidia, Eimeriidae) affects the growth of Starling Sturnus vulgaris nestling. Acta Parasitol. 43: 213-215.
12. Mazgajski, T.D., Kȩdra, A.H. & Kowalczyk, K. 1998. Ectoparasite diversity in Starlings' nests in relation to the age of nest sites. Bull. Scand. Soc. Parasitol. 8: 72-73.
13. Mazgajski, T.D., Kȩdra, A.M., Modlińska, E. & Samborski, J. 1997. Fleas Siphonapteia influence the condition of Starling Sturnus vulgaris nestlings. Acta Ornithol. 32: 185-190.
14. Møller, A.P. 1989. Parasites, predators and nest boxes: facts and artefacts in nest box studies of birds? Oikos 56: 421-423.
15. Peach, W.J., Fowler, J.A. & Greenwood, M.T. 1987. Seasonal variation in the infestation of Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) by fleas (Siphonaptera). Bird Study 34: 251-252.
16. Powlesland, R.G. 1977. Effects of the haematophagous mite Ornithonyssus bursa on nestling starlings in New Zealand. NZ J. Zool. 4: 85-94.
17. Rendell, W.B. & Verbeek, N.A.M. 1996. Are avian ectoparasites more numerous in nest boxes with old nest material? Can. J. Zool. 74: 1819-1825.
18. Singleton, D.R. & Harper, R.G. 1998. Bacteria in old house wren nests. J. Field Ornithol. 69: 71-74.
19. Stokes, M.E., Davis, C.S. & Koch, G.G. 2000. Categorical Data Analysis Using the SAS System. Cary, NC: SAS Institute Inc.
20. Weso owski, T. 2002. Anti-predator adaptations in nesting Marsh Tits Parus palustris: the role of nest-site security. Ibis 144: 593-601.