caa a22 4500 388051671 CHVBK 20180307125055.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199803 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0959270900003622 doi S0959270900003622 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0959270900003622 Rodgers James A. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, 4005 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida 32601, U.S.A. Fate of artificially supported Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis nests in central Florida, U.S.A [Elektronische Daten] [James A. Rodgers] Twenty Florida Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis plumbeus nests in imminent danger of collapsing at four lakes in central Florida, U.S.A. during 1987-1993 were stabilized or artificially supported. Most nests (n=17, 85.0%) were in either cattail Typha spp. or bulrush Scirpus validus. Nine supported nests (45.0%) successfully fledged young; the remaining nests were either abandoned (n=8, 40.0%) or ultimately collapsed (n=3, 15.0%). The overall rate of 0.75 fledgling per nest for supported nests was similar to the 0.79 fledgling per nest for unaltered nests. If the 160 nests that collapsed during the study had been supported, 72 nests saved from collapsing could have produced an additional 54 fledgling kites. Nest support may be effective where kite populations are low or during drought conditions. Copyright © Birdlife International 1998 Bird Conservation International Cambridge University Press 8/1(1998-03), 53-57 0959-2709 8:1<53 1998 8 BCI https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270900003622 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959270900003622 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rodgers James A. Florida Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission, 4005 South Main Street, Gainesville, Florida 32601, U.S.A NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Bird Conservation International Cambridge University Press 8/1(1998-03), 53-57 0959-2709 8:1<53 1998 8 BCI CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge