Purger et al. (2012) Bird Study

Jenő J. Purger, Kornélia Kurucz, Ádám Tóth & Péter Batáry (2012): Coating plasticine eggs can eliminatethe overestimation of predation on artificial ground nests. Bird Study 59(3): 350-352.

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Abstract

The use of plasticine eggs coated with a thin layer of rubber instead of entirely plasticine eggs in dummy nests reduced the unnaturally high nest predation rate caused by attracted small mammals, while also enabling the identification of nest predators.