TY - JOUR AU - de León, Ana AU - Mínguez, Eduardo PY - 2003/07/30 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Occupancy rates and nesting success of European storm-petrels breeding inside artificial nest-boxes JF - Scientia Marina JA - Sci. mar. VL - 67 IS - S2 SE - Articles DO - 10.3989/scimar.2003.67s2109 UR - https://scientiamarina.revistas.csic.es/index.php/scientiamarina/article/view/553 SP - 109-112 AB - We report on occupancy rates and nesting success of European storm-petrels Hydrobates pelagicus breeding in artificial nest-boxes for five years. Plastic nest-boxes were installed inside two natural caves on the island of Benidorm (western Mediterranean), where breeding colonies of the species occur. The location of nest-boxes was (a) over exposed natural nests or (b) at sites without nests, but usually close to them. Nest-boxes were visited during the breeding season following installation, when only nest-boxes over old nests were occupied. Occupancy rates in both types of nest-box increased gradually year after year, reaching 29% in the fifth year. Nesting success of pairs breeding inside boxes was higher than nesting success of pairs breeding at natural sites. ER -