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ArticleEcology and evolution2021

Nonideal nest box selection by tree swallows breeding in farmlands: Evidence for an ecological trap?

Ève Courtois, Dany Garant, Fanie Pelletier, Marc Bélisle

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Long-term environmental stability does not erode plasticity in nest building responses to changing ambient conditions.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ève CourtoisDépartement de Biologie Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke Quebec Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4597-5605
Dany GarantDépartement de Biologie Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke Quebec Canada.
Fanie PelletierDépartement de Biologie Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke Quebec Canada.
Marc BélisleDépartement de Biologie Université de Sherbrooke Sherbrooke Quebec Canada.
Université de Sherbrooke · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Animals are expected to select a breeding habitat using cues that should reflect, directly or not, the fitness outcome of the different habitat options. However, human-induced environmental changes can alter the relationships between habitat characteristics and their fitness consequences, leading to maladaptive habitat choices. The most severe case of such nonideal habitat selection is the ecological trap, which occurs when individuals prefer to settle in poor-quality habitats while better ones are available. Here, we studied the adaptiveness of nest box selection in a tree swallow (

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aerial insectivoreecological traphabitat preferencehabitat qualityhouse sparrowsettlement cue

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PMID34824828
PMCPMC8601888
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