Conservation ecology of kea - Kea Conservation Trust website
Conservation ecology of kea - Kea Conservation Trust website
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Figure 6. Among-year differences in daily nest survival. Error bars are standard<br />
errors. The horizontal lines indicate pairs <strong>of</strong> years with significantly different daily<br />
survival rates as determined using Tukey’s pairwise comparisons.<br />
Daily nest survival rate<br />
1.000<br />
0.995<br />
0.990<br />
0.985<br />
0.980<br />
Use <strong>of</strong> nest sites<br />
1993 1994 1995 1997 1998<br />
No. <strong>of</strong> nests predated 1 1 1 2 6<br />
Exposure days 192 424 620 303 720<br />
The 36 nests occurred at 22 nest sites (Fig. 7). Of the 36 nests, 50% occurred at sites in<br />
which we had previously observed nests.<br />
Figure 7. Use <strong>of</strong> nest sites.<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> holes<br />
16<br />
14<br />
12<br />
10<br />
8<br />
6<br />
4<br />
2<br />
0<br />
Year<br />
1 2 3 4<br />
Number <strong>of</strong> uses<br />
17