Predator-Proofing Avian Nestboxes: A Review of Interventions, Opportunities, and Challenges

JM Marcus, AG Hart, AE Goodenough - Birds, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary On a global scale, about 20% of bird species nest in tree cavities, and
many of these species will utilise artificial nestboxes. Homeowners often add nestboxes to …

Eastern bluebirds alter their song in response to anthropogenic changes in the acoustic environment

CR Kight, JP Swaddle - Integrative and Comparative Biology, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Vocal responses to anthropogenic noise have been documented in several species of
songbird. However, only a few studies have investigated whether these adjustments are …

Anthropogenic noise is associated with reductions in the productivity of breeding Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis)

CR Kight, MS Saha, JP Swaddle - Ecological Applications, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Although previous studies have related variations in environmental noise levels with
alterations in communication behaviors of birds, little work has investigated the potential …

[图书][B] Urban ecosystems: understanding the human environment

RA Francis, MA Chadwick - 2013 - taylorfrancis.com
With over half of the global human population living in urban regions, urban ecosystems
may now represent the contemporary and future human environment. Consisting of green …

Commentary: Research Recommendations for Understanding the Decline of American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) Across Much of North America

CJW McClure, SE Schulwitz… - Journal of Raptor …, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
Across much of North America, populations of American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) have
been in decline for decades (Farmer et al. 2008, Farmer and Smith 2009, Smallwood et al …

Predator guards on nest boxes improve nesting success of birds

RL Bailey, DN Bonter - Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Humans have long provided nest boxes in a widespread and popular effort to augment
nesting sites for cavity‐nesting birds. Nest boxes, however, may provide easy access for …

Are golf courses good or bad for birds: A synthetic review

ZE Ormiston, DA Cristol - Landscape and Urban Planning, 2025 - Elsevier
For some, golf courses are green oases of nature, while others see only toxic scars on the
landscape. This review develops a less dichotomous approach by synthesizing all research …

Habitat near nest boxes correlated with fate of Eastern Bluebird fledglings in an urban landscape

AK Jackson, JP Froneberger, DA Cristol - Urban Ecosystems, 2013 - Springer
Nest boxes are commonly erected in managed landscapes such as backyards, golf courses
and parks, attracting cavity-nesting birds to habitats they would not otherwise occupy …

Urban greenspace is for the bluebirds: nest-box selection across a noise gradient on an urbanizing University Campus

I Plummer, Y Liu, KE Sieving - Southeastern Naturalist, 2021 - BioOne
We assessed features characterizing the most attractive nest sites for Sialia sialis (Eastern
Bluebird) in an urban setting, hypothesizing that noise and availability of open grass would …

[图书][B] Examining breeding bird diets to improve avian conservation efforts

AC Kennedy - 2019 - search.proquest.com
Improving our understanding of birds' diets is vital to avian conservation efforts. Once we
know which arthropod groups are most important to birds and why, we will be better …