Predation attempts on Hoopoe <i>Upupa epops</i> nests in a rural Mediterranean area of central Italy

Seventeen predation attempts on four Hoopoe Upupa epops nests in an heterogenous agricultural Mediterranean area of central Italy were recorded during breeding seasons 2020-21. Camera traps identified 7 different predators’ species, mainly Western whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus and Black rat Rat...

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Main Authors: Matteo Annessi, Alessandro Montemaggiori
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2023-06-01
Series:Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology
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Online Access:https://sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/rio/article/view/658