Hatching asynchrony in the Red-breasted Flycatcher Ficedula parva in relation to breeding season, peak food abundance, and high predation

• Autorzy: Mitrus C

Warianty tytułu

PL

Klucie asynchroniczne u mucholowki malej w odniesieniu do terminow legow, szczytu dostepnosci pokarmu i silnej presji drapiezniczej

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Hatching asynchrony has been recorded in many altricial bird species. Also, more than 70% of clutches of the Red-breasted Flycatcher hatched asynchronously. The annual variation in the proportion of asynchronous clutches depended on median dates of egg laying, in the years when females started egg laying later more asynchronous clutches were observed. The females from synchronous clutches started egg laying significantly earlier than females from asynchronous clutches and were more synchronised with the peak of caterpilars. No differences in clutch size and number of fledglings between asynchronous and synchronous clutches were found. The frequency of females that started incubation earlier showed no significant difference when mated with either after-2nd-year or 2nd-year males. Also, breeding success was not significantly different between broods of various hatching types and was 87% for asynchronous clutches and 94% for synchronous clutches. The time of breeding and high predation pressure could be main reasons for females of the Red-breasted Flycatcher to start incubation before laying the last egg of its clutch.

PL

Kłucie asynchroniczne jest często obserwowanym zjawiskiem wśród gniazdowników. Również u muchołówki małej, gnieżdżącej się w Puszczy Białowieskiej, w latach 2000-2007, w ponad 70% lęgów stwierdzono kłucie asynchroniczne. Udział lęgów asynchronicznych wahał się od 25% (2001) do 100% (2007) i zależał wprost proporcjonalnie od terminu przystąpienia do lęgu (rs = 0.86, p < 0.01, n = 8, Fig. 1). Samice rozpoczynające inkubację przed złożeniem ostatniego jaja rozpoczynały składanie jaj znacznie później niż te z lęgów niesynchronicznych. Daty złożenia pierwszego jaja w lęgach synchronicznych mijały się w mniejszym stopniu ze szczytem pojawu gąsienic niż w lęgach niesynchronicznych. Nie stwierdzono różnic ani w wielkości lęgów, ani w liczbie podlotów (Tab. 1) jak i w udatności lęgów między lęgami synchroniczni i asynchronicznymi. Również wiek samców nie miał wpływu na udział lęgów synchronicznych.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Red-breasted Flycatcher; primeval condition; ornithology; predation; peak food abundance; breeding season; Ficedula parva; bird; Bialowieza Forest; high predation; hatching asynchrony

• Wydawca: -
• Czasopismo: Acta Ornithologica
• Rocznik: 2008
• Tom: 43
• Numer: 1
• Opis fizyczny: p.113-117,fig.,ref.

Twórcy

autor

Mitrus C

• University of Podlasie, Prusa 12, 08-110 Siedlce, Poland

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