Nest composition adjustments by Chinese Bulbuls Pycnonotus sinensis in an urbanized landscape of Hangzhou (E China)

• Autorzy: Wang Y. , Chen S. , Blair R. B. , Jiang P. , Ding P.

Warianty tytułu

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Materiały gniazdowe używane przez bilbila chińskiego w zależności od poziomu urbanizacji

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

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Urbanization changes the abundance and type of resources upon which birds depend, including the type and availability of nesting materials. Although more and more bird species worldwide are colonizing and adapting to urban environments, the ecological processes underlying the responses to urbanization and the relevant resource changes remain unclear. Here we examined the responses of the Chinese Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis to urbanization by assessing nest composition and available nesting materials at five land-use categories (mountains, farmlands, riparians, urban parks, strips of street trees) of intensifying development in Hangzhou, China. In each land-use category, we classified used and available nesting materials as anthropogenic (e.g. plastics, paper pieces, cloth pieces, nylon particles, threads) or natural materials (e.g. plant culms, roots, leaves). We found that the proportion of anthropogenic nesting materials used by Chinese Bulbuls differed significantly across land-use categories, and it increased significantly with urbanization. Additionally, the increasing amount of anthropogenic nesting materials with urbanization can be attributed to an increase in the availability of anthropogenic nesting materials toward the urban core. Our results indicate that Chinese Bulbuls can adjust the composition of their nests in response to urbanization.

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Badając rodzaj materiału gniazdowego używanego przez bilbila testowano hipotezę, że wraz ze wzrostem urbanizacji obserwuje się zmiany w dostępności i użytkowaniu zasobów. Na terenie miasta Hangzhou (wsch. Chiny) wybrano pięć powierzchni różniących się stopniem naturalności, na których wyszukiwano gniazda bilbila. Obejmowały one tereny: górski, rolniczy nadrzeczny, oraz parki miejskie i zieleń wzdłuż ulic (Fig. 1). Obszary te różniły się miarami antropopresji (Tab. 1). W gniazdach szacowano udział materiałów pochodzenia naturalnego i antropogenicznego (plastiki, kawałki papieru, materiału, sznurka itd.), jak również dostępność tych materiałów na badanych terenach. Stwierdzono, że udział materiałów antropogenicznych w gniazdach jak i ich dostępność różni się między badanymi terenami i wzrasta wraz z urbanizacją terenu (Tab. 2, Fig. 2,3). Im więcej tych materiałów było dostępnych, tym więcej znajdowało się w gniazdach (Fig. 4).

Słowa kluczowe

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bird; Chinese Bulbul; Light-vented bulbul zob.Chinese Bulbul; Pycnonotus sinensis; breeding; nest composition; nesting material; land use; urbanization; adaptation; Hangzhou; China

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Ornithologica
• Rocznik: 2009
• Tom: 44
• Numer: 2
• Opis fizyczny: p.185-192,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Wang Y.

• College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

autor

Chen S.

• Zhejiang Museum of Natural History, 71 Jiaogong Road, Hangzhou 310012, China

autor

Blair R. B.

• Department of Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology, University of Minnesota, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA

autor

Jiang P.

• College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

autor

Ding P.

• College of Life Sciences, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou 310058, China

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DOI

10.3161/000164509X482768