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Utilizing data collected along 52km of interior transects and 35km of coastal transects, this study was conducted at both the macro scale (importance of the type of forest, distance to the coastline, or rat/ant invasion history) and micro scale (importance of the tree species, branch height and branch length and orientation).
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Data from 460 nests revealed that both macro and micro scale elements are important for nesting site selection in this species, and that these elements can have consequence for nesting success. For example, branch thickness, slope, curvature, and angle to the dominant wind all affected the likelihood that an egg would survive to hatching.