Predation on Eggs of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae): Temporal Dynamics and Identification of Potential Predators During the Winter Season in a Temperate …

B Byttebier, S Fischer - Journal of medical entomology, 2019 - academic.oup.com
… is affected by several mortality factors, including the action of predators. In the present study,
… loss of eggs and identified predators of Ae. aegypti eggs along the unfavorable season in a …

Survival of eggs in the gypsy moth Lymantria dispar. I. Predation by birds

Y Higashiura - The Journal of Animal Ecology, 1989 - JSTOR
… (1) Bird predation on overwintering eggegg masses partic during the snowy season,
February and early March. Snowfalls increased pr frequency. (3) The geometric mean predation

Seasonal variation in nest predation rates in boreal forests

M Husby, KS Hoset - Journal of Ornithology, 2018 - Springer
… a seasonal change in nest predation rates will be jointly affected by the availability of natural
nests and a seasonal change in predator … on plasticine eggs to determine predator identity (…

Nest predation, food, and female age explain seasonal declines in clutch size

KL Decker, CJ Conway, JJ Fontaine - Evolutionary Ecology, 2012 - Springer
… If individuals do not trade-off reproductive investment by reducing clutch size (ie, those that
did not follow the population-wide pattern of laying fewer eggs late in the season), we might …

Effects of food availability, snow and predation on breeding performance of waders at Zackenberg

H Meltofte, TT Høye, NM Schmidt - Advances in Ecological Research, 2008 - Elsevier
predation pressure on eggs and chicks is normally moderate. With the projected climate
change, the waders of high-arctic Greenland may face more unstable breeding conditions, and …

Shorebird predation on eggs of horseshoe crabs during spring stopover on Delaware Bay

G Castro, JP Myers - The Auk, 1993 - JSTOR
… metric tons of horseshoe crab eggs. Given the data available to date, therefore, we believe
that these results (539 metric tons of horseshoe crab eggs) provide a good approximation of …

Can nest predation explain the timing of the breeding season and the pattern of nest dispersion of New Holland Honeyeaters?

RE Major, GH Pyke, MT Christy, G Gowing, RS Hill - Oikos, 1994 - JSTOR
… nests should show a higher predation rate than more dispersed … and artificial eggs, were set
out in four different seasons and in … predation than spaced nests but there was no seasonal

The role of food, nest predation, and climate in timing of Wrentit reproductive activities

KL Preston, JT Rotenberry - The Condor, 2006 - academic.oup.com
… ) is an important predator of Wrentit nests at our study area. Jays depredate nests with both
eggs and nestlings, and predation is highest early in the breeding season when jays are nest-…

Influence of adult and egg predation on reproductive success of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

M Tanhuanpää, K Ruohomäki, P Kaitaniemi - Oikos, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
… Thus, the impact of adult predation on reproductive success … In this study, we assess the
impact of adult and egg predation … the flight season in autumn and survival of eggs until the …

Influences of spawning habitat characteristics and interstitial predators on lake trout egg deposition and mortality

RM Claramunt, JL Jonas, JD Fitzsimons… - Transactions of the …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
… trout spawning and egg mortality from predation were not affected by water depth over
spawning substrate. We examined the relationship between egg loss, predator abundance, and …