Costs and benefits in extreme nesting associations: do Sociable Weavers benefit from hosting African Pygmy Falcons?

AM Lowney, RL Thomson - Ibis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Avian nesting associations are a prominent feature of breeding bird communities. Protective
associations between a predator and prey species represent a scenario where typically …

A Struggle Between Two Predators: Nest Predation of a Japanese Sparrowhawk (Accipiter gularis) by a Siberian Weasel

L Ma, Z Zhang, D Huo, J Wang… - Journal of Raptor …, 2024 - meridian.allenpress.com
The primary factors affecting reproduction of raptors include food abundance, nest site
resources, interspecific competition, and predation (Hakkarainen et al. 2004, Rutz and …

The costs and benefits of hosting colonial sociable weaver nests for arid zone savanna trees

KT Aikins - 2023 - open.uct.ac.za
The savanna ecosystem is water and, in some instances, nutrient-limited, creating
competition among species. Species, however, coexist in this ecosystem through processing …