Spatial and Temporal Monitoring of North African Turtle Doves Streptopelia turtur arenicola (Hartert, EJO, 1894): First Migrants Arrive Early and Select Nesting Trees next to Foraging Resources while Second Breeders’ Wave Breed around Earlier Nests

Table 2

Comparison of breeding parameters, reproductive rates, and failure factors between breeding phases in S.t. arenicola at Beni Mellal province.

		Phase II	Phase I	t	Df	value
Breeding stage
Nesting	Nests	93	55	−1.385	11	0.193
Laying	Eggs	165	96	1.050	10	0.318
Hatching	Chicks	89	77	0.971	11	0.353
Fledging	Subadults	30	129	−3.052	11	0.011
Failure factors
	Desertion	11	17	−1.340	11	0.207
	Predation	6	1	1.332	11	0.210
	Destruction	5	8	−1.292	11	0.223