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When modelling survival we considered not only combinations of the parameters of interest (��habitat, breeding success, sex and age), but also an additional constraint applied to the habitat and breeding success estimates via a manipulation of the PIMs. For this we set the PIM structure so that separate survival estimates would be generated for the two habitat types when breeding was successful, but only a single estimate would be generated when breeding failed regardless of habitat type (a form of habitat and breeding success interaction). We did this based on our prediction that if reproductive costs differed between habitats because of differences in parental workload, then this would show as a survival cost primarily when breeding attempts were successful because they had to provide for offspring throughout the chick rearing stage. Thus, the ��interaction�� model (��habitat?��?breeding http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Everolimus(RAD001).html success) has fewer parameters than the general model (��habitat, breeding success) because it assumes habitat-specific adult survival rates are the same when nesting attempts fail, whereas the general model assumes survival rates differ between habitat types and breeding outcomes (and thus has one additional parameter to estimate). We also considered an ��age�� variable (first-year breeder or older) in models which contained habitat because there was a higher proportion of first-year breeders in TALL habitat compared to SHORT (TALL vs. SHORT; males: 39% vs. 26%, ��2?=?12��2, P? http://www.selleckchem.com/products/Rapamycin.html strength of support for survival models with and without the ��age�� variable allowed us to assess whether differences in survival between habitat categories were confounded by the effects of individual age. Survival http://www.selleck.cn/products/PD-98059.html estimates were generally modelled without year effects because the inclusion of ��year�� returned over-parameterized models and analyses showed that including this term had no AIC support over models which did not include a year term (��AICc of the best-supported model in Table?1 when including a year term?=?72). Most nest failures in our study area result from nest predation (85% of 146; P?rt 2001a); however, the likelihood of adults being killed at the time of depredation was unknown. Thus, between 2002 and 2006, we collected information from depredated nests to identify the fate of the focal adult pair. The character of nest disturbance was noted, as were the remains of any chicks or adults within or near the nest cavity. The territory was searched at the time of nest failure to determine which of the adults were known to be alive at the time the nest was found depredated. In addition, territories were regularly monitored during the remainder of the breeding season and in the post-breeding season.