Title:

Habitat and Annual Variation in Arthropod Abundance Affects Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Reproduction

Subtitle:

Środowiskowe i czasowe różnice w obfitości stawonogów: wpływ potencjalnej bazy pokarmowej na rozród modraszki ; Blue Tit reproduction and arthropod abundance

Creator:

Marciniak, Barbara ; Nadolski, Jerzy ; Nowakowska, Magdalena ; Loga, Barbara ; Bańbura, Jerzy

Contributor:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences ; Natura Optima Dux Foundation

Place of publishing:

Warsaw

Date issued/created:

2007

Description:

pg(s) 53–62

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

Blue Tit ; Parus caeruleus ; ectoparasite ; Protocalliphora ; food composition ; diet, habitats ; parental care ; compensation ; nestling performance ; modraszka zwyczajna ; modraszka ; sikora modra

Abstract:

Arthropod assemblages living in tree canopies in two habitat types — a rich woodland and poor parkland were studied in 2003–2005 as a background for describing the dynamics of caterpillars; the study system was located in central Poland. Caterpillars, the optimal food of breeding tits, varied in abundance between both habitats and years. The peak abundance of caterpillars was at least 3 times higher in the woodland than in the parkland habitat. There were also pronounced differences in caterpillar production between years, with every consecutive year during 2003–2005 being trophically worse than the previous one. The Blue Tits' timing of breeding coincided roughly with the timing of caterpillar abundance in particular years. Mean clutch size corresponded strictly to the inter-habitat and inter-year pattern of variation in caterpillar availability, suggesting adaptive responses in Blue Tit reproduction to food resources.

Relation:

Acta Ornithologica

Volume:

42

Issue:

1

Start page:

53

End page:

62

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Journal

Format:

text/xml

Resource Identifier:

10.3161/068.042.0113

Source:

MiIZ PAN, call no. P.257 ; MiIZ PAN, call no. P.4568 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

eng

Language of abstract:

pol ; eng

Rights:

Rights Reserved - Free Access

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. May be used within the limits of statutory user freedoms

Digitizing institution:

Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Museum and Institute of Zoology of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Access:

Open