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- Title
Structure characteristics of natural nests and its implication to artificial nest frame design for Ciconia boyciana.
- Authors
WEI Yi-qing; CUI Guo-fa
- Abstract
Artificial nest can improve the breeding success of birds in the field, and it has been proved to be more effective to endangered species. We surveyed the structure characteristics of natural nest and the status of the use of artificial nests for oriental white stork, Ciconia boyciana, in Honghe National Nature Reserve, Heilongjiang Province. Differences were investigated among the structure characteristics of the used and unused artificial nests, and natural nests based on one-way ANOVA. It was observed that significant differences in the diameter of nest branch, the vertical angle between nest branch, the height of the joint the height of the nest above ground exited in different nest types. On account of the structure characteristics of the natural nests of C. boyciana, the suitable diameter of nest pillar for artificial nest frame should be 15.0-25.0 cm with the height of 5.0-12.0 m, which would be better if they were constructed by some acid-resistant materials, e.g. cement. The number of nest stands should be 3-4 individuals with the diameter of 9.0-12.0 cm, the vertical angle of 45°-60°, and the length of 90.0-140.0 cm.
- Publication
Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology / Yingyong Shengtai Xuebao, 2014, Vol 25, Issue 12, p3451
- ISSN
1001-9332
- Publication type
Article