Abstract
We documented and experimentally tested the use of snake skins in construction of nests in a Great Reed Warbler Acrocephalus arundinaceus population in southwestern Slovakia. There was no difference in predation rates of artificial nests that did or did not contain sloughs. We suggest that snake skins in Great Reed Warbler nests may serve as a post-pairing signal revealing female parental quality.
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