Exploitation competition between hole-nesters (Muscardinus avellanarius, Mammalia and Parus caeruleus, Aves) in Mediterranean woodlands

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 347-357

  Sara M ^a   Milazzo, A ^a   Falletta, W ^a   Bellia, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Competition; Mediterranean woodlands; Muscardinus avellanarius; Parus caeruleus

Indexed keywords

COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); NEST BOX; PASSERINE; RODENT; SITE SELECTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MARTES MARTES; MUSCARDINUS AVELLANARIUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 17144430526     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283690500645X     Document Type: Article

References (40)

1. Bellamy, P. E., Hinsley, S. A. & Newton, I. (1996). Factors influencing bird species in small woods in south-east England. J. appl. Ecol. 33: 249-262.
2. Blondel, J. (1995). Biogeographie: approche écologique et evolutive. Paris: Masson.
3. Blondel, J., Chessel, D. & Frochot, B. (1988). Bird species impoverishment, niche expansion and density inflation in Mediterranean islands habitat. Ecology 69: 1899-1917.
4. Blondel, J., Gosler, A., Lebreton, J. D. & McCleery, R. (1990). Population biology of passerine birds. An integrated approach. Berlin: Springer-Verlag.
5. Blondel, J. & Vigne, J. D. (1993). Space, time and man as determinants of diversity of birds and mammals in the Mediterranean region. In Species diversity in ecological communities: 135-146. Rickfles, R. E. & Schutler, D. (Eds). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
6. Chesson, P. L. & Werner, R. R. (1981). Environmental variability promotes coexistence in lottery competitive systems. Am. Nat. 117: 923-943.
7. Christensen, K. M. & Whitham, T. G. (1993). Impact of insect herbivores on competition between birds and mammals for pinyon pine seeds. Ecology 74(8): 2270-2278.
8. Connell, J. H. (1980). Diversity and the coevolution of competitors; or the ghost of competition past. Oikos 35: 131-138.
9. Connell, J. H. (1983). On the prevalence and relative importance of interspecific competition: evidence from field experiments. Am. Nat. 122: 611-696.
10. Dhondt, A. A. & Eyckermann, R. (1980). Competition between the great tit and the blue tit outside the breeding season in field experiments. Ecology 61: 1291-1296.
11. Duckworth, J. W. (1991). Responses of breeding reed warblers Acrocephalus scirpaceus to mounts of sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus, cuckoo Cuculus canorus and jay Garrulus glandarius. Ibis 133: 68-74.
12. Gustafsson, L. (1988). Inter- and intraspecific competition for nest-holes in a population of the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis. Ibis 130: 11-15.
13. Haemig, P. D. (1992). Competition between ants and birds in a Swedish forest. Oikos 65: 479-483.
14. Halupka, K. & Halupka, L. (1997). The influence of reproductive season stage on nest defence by meadow pipits (Anthus pratensis). Ethol. Ecol. Evol. 9: 89-98.
15. Hubbel, S. P. (2001). The unified neutral theory of biodiversity and biogeography. Monograph in population biology no. 32. Princeton: Princeton University Press. Huston, M. A. (1994). Biological diversity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
16. Johnson, D. H. (1980). The comparison of usage and availability measurements for evaluating resource preference. Ecology 6: 65-71.
17. Juskaitis, R. (1995). Relations between common dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) and other occupants of bird nest-boxes in Lithuania. Fol. zool. 44(4): 289-296.
18. Keddy, P. A. (1989). Competition. London: Chapman & Hall.
19. Krebs, J. R. (1970). Regulation of number of the great tit (Aves: Passeriformes). J. Zool. (Lond.) 162: 317-333.
20. Manly, B., McDonald, L. & Thomas, D. (1993). Resource selection by animals. Statistical design and analysis for field studies. London: Chapman & Hall.
21. Massa, B. (1985). Considerazioni sui popolamenti di uccelli terrestri delle isole mediterranee. Biogeographia 9: 261-284.
22. Massa, B. (1990). Birds communities along a secondary succession in Mediterranean and Canary islands. Atti Conv. Lincei 85: 215-231.
23. Massa, B. (2002). Insularità e adattamenti degli uccelli nel Mediterraneo. In Manuale di ornitologia 3: 31-156. Brichetti, P. & Gariboldi, A. L. (Eds). Bologna: Edagricole.
24. Massa, B. & Lo Valvo, F. (1996). Arthropod abundance and breeding performance of tits in deciduous, evergreen and pine reforestation of Sicily (Italy). Avocetta 20: 113-124.
25. Milazzo, A., Falletta, W. & Sarà, M. (2003). The fat dormouse (Glis glis italicus) in deciduous woodlands of Sicily. Acta zool. Hung. 49: 117-124.
26. Minot, E. O. & Perrins, C. M. (1996). Interspecific interference competition - nest sites for blue and great tits. J. Anim. Ecol. 55: 331-350.
27. Morris, P. A., Bright, P. W. & Woods, D. (1990). Use of nestboxes by the dormouse Muscardinus avellanarius. Biol. Conserv. 51: 1-13.
28. Newton, I. (1998). Population limitation in birds. London: Academic Press.
29. Pavel, V. & Bures, S. (2001). Offspring age and nest defence: test of the feedback hypothesis in the meadow pipit. Anim. Behav. 61: 297-303.
30. Pignatti, S. (1997). Ecologia del Paesaggio. Torino: Utet.
31. Sarà, M. (1998). I mammiferi delle isole del Mediterraneo. Palermo: L'Epos.
32. Sarà, M. (2000). Ghiri in Sicilia. Ecologia e conservazione. Palermo: DoraMarkus.
33. Sarà, M., Casamento, G. & Spinnato, A. (2001).) Density and breeding of Muscardinus avellanarius L., 1758 in woodlands of Sicily. Trakya Univ. J. Sci. Res. ser. B 2: 85-93.
34. Sarà, M., Spinnato, A., Casamento, G. & Romano, S. (2000). Conservazione del Moscardino Muscardinus avellanarius L., 1758 (Mammalia Myoxidae) nel Parco delle Madonie. Nat. sicil. 24: 69-95.
35. Schoener, T. W. (1983). Field experiments on interspecific competition. Am. Nat. 122: 240-285.
36. Simberloff, D. S. & Dayant, T. (1991). The guild concept and the structure of ecological communities. Ann. Rev. Ecol. Syst. 22: 115-143.
37. Sommer, U. & Worm, B. (2002). Competition and coexistence. Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag.
38. Tomialojc, L. & Wesolowski, T. (1990). Bird communities of the primaeval temperate forest of Biolowieza, Poland. In Biogeography and ecology of forest bird communities: 141-165. Keast, A. (Ed.). The Hague, Netherlands: SPB Academic Publishing.
39. Vaughan, G. (2001). "Dormousitis" - the sequel, or should tit boxes be erected for birds and mammals? Devon Birds 54: 4-18.
40. Wiens, J. A. (1989). The ecology of bird communities. Processes and variations 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.