Title:

Prey selection in blue tit Parus caeruleus as a response to food levels

Subtitle:

Acta Ornithologica, vol. 34, no. 2 ; Wybiórczość względem zdobyczy u sikory modrej jako reakcja na obfitość pokarmu

Creator:

Grieco, Fabrizio (1969– )

Contributor:

Polska Akademia Nauk. Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii ; Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union (2 ; 1999 ; Gdańsk)

Publisher:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

1999

Description:

Referat wygłoszony na Second Meeting of the European Ornithologists' Union ; Bibliogr. s. 202 ; S. [199]-203 : il. ; 27 cm ; Streszcz. pol. Nazwy taksonów także w jęz. łac.

Type of object:

Czasopismo/Artykuł

Subject and Keywords:

Sikora modra -- Holandia -- konferencje [KABA] ; modraszki ; model żerowania ; wybiórczość ; sikory ; ptaki ; Cyanistes caeruleus ; Parus caeruleus ; Paridae ; Aves ; 1998

Abstract:

Some models of central place foraging relate the time taken to deliver a prey to the selectivity of the forager. If birds have to travel longer, they are expected to take only larger prey. Prey selectivity may also increase if birds have more time available for search activities. I tested this last hypothesis by experimentally increasing the food available to Blue Tits during young rearing. Insect larvae were offered to breeding adults from egg hatching to fledging of the young. Provisioning rates and prey size were studied by videotaping. In experimentally overfed broods, part of the additional food was delivered to their nestlings by the adults, while the rate of feeding with natural prey decreased compared to unmanipulated pairs. Overfed males delivered larger insect larvae than control males, while females showed no response to the treatment. Overfed males could deliver larger prey at late chick ages (when presumably the chicks' demand is higher) than controls, suggesting that control males were time- (or energy) constrained. Moreover, overfed parents appeared to choose relatively more prey that may be important in the chicks' diet. The results show that prey selectivity is related to time (or energy) budgets.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

34

Issue:

2

Start page:

199

End page:

203

Resource type:

Tekst

Detailed Resource Type:

Artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Source:

MiIZ PAN, patrz sygn. czas. P.257, Vol. 34, No 2 ; MiIZ PAN, patrz sygn. czas. P.4568, Vol. 34, No 2 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng ; pol

Rights:

Prawa zastrzeżone - dostęp ograniczony

Terms of use:

Zasób chroniony prawem autorskim. Korzystanie dozwolone wyłącznie na terminalach Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN w zakresie określonym przez przepisy o dozwolonym użytku.

Digitizing institution:

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Original in:

Biblioteka Muzeum i Instytutu Zoologii PAN

Projects co-financed by:

Program Operacyjny Innowacyjna Gospodarka, lata 2010-2014, Priorytet 2. Infrastruktura strefy B + R ; Unia Europejska. Europejski Fundusz Rozwoju Regionalnego

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