Breeding of the plain-mantled tit-spintail (<em>Leptasthenura aegithaloides</em>) in a variable hawk (<em>Geranoaetus polyosoma</em>) nest in the Atacama Desert, Chile

A strategy to avoid nest predation by various bird species is the selection of inaccessible sites or sites of actual danger for potential predators. In this sense nesting near a top predator may be an effective strategy to avoid nest predation, if this predator does not have a preference for eggs or...

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Main Authors: Patrich Cerpa, Fernando Medrano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudios en Biodiversidad 2016-04-01
Series:Biodiversity and Natural History
Online Access:http://biodiversnathist.com/index.php/bnh/article/view/20