Conservation ecology of kea - Kea Conservation Trust website

Table of Contents
Executive Summary ........................................................................................................ii
Table of Contents ………………………………………………………………………..xii
List of Figures…………………………………………………………………………...xiv
List of Tables…………………………………………………………………………….xv
1. General Introduction...................................................................................................1
References...................................................................................................................3
2. Nesting success of kea (Nestor notabilis) in New Zealand Southern Beech forest........5
Abstract.......................................................................................................................5
Introduction.................................................................................................................5
Methods ......................................................................................................................9
Study Area ..............................................................................................................9
Locating and monitoring nests............................................................................... 10
Calculating nesting success.................................................................................... 10
Beech seeding and stoat abundance ....................................................................... 12
Nest site topography and nest predation................................................................. 12
Results ...................................................................................................................... 13
Nest density........................................................................................................... 14
Timing of the breeding season ............................................................................... 14
Nest fates............................................................................................................... 14
Overall nest survival.............................................................................................. 15
Beech seedfall and stoat abundance ....................................................................... 16
Among-year differences in nest survival................................................................ 16
Nest site topography.............................................................................................. 18
Predation of adult females in their nests................................................................. 22
Discussion................................................................................................................. 22
Overall nesting success.......................................................................................... 22
Predation of kea nests............................................................................................ 22
Among-year differences in nest survival................................................................ 23
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