The low breeding performance and body condition of nestling passerine birds in urban environments has been attributed to the poor quality and low abundance of food in these settings. However, detailed data on prey provided by parents to their chicks in the urban habitat is scarce. Here we used video cameras set in nest boxes to compare the diet of urban and forest great tits Parus major when provisioning their chicks in a Mediterranean area. We additionally analysed brood size and fledgling success. Breeding success of urban great tits was lower than that of forest birds. Urban parents displayed a lower average hourly feeding rate per nestling than forest parents. Among the three prey item categories, the percentage of spiders did not vary ...
10 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables, supplementary material https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00995-3The ...
Marie Vaugoyeau [et al.]The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas ha...
Abstract Populations of aerially insectivorous birds are declining throughout North America. Urbaniz...
Rapidly increasing urbanisation is one of the most significant anthropogenic environmental changes w...
Rapidly increasing urbanisation requires mitigation against associated losses of biodiversity and sp...
1. The altered ecological and environmental conditions in towns and cities strongly affect demograph...
Urbanization can have marked effects on plant and animal populations’ phenology, population size, pr...
Urbanization can have marked effects on plant and animal populations’ phenology, population size, pr...
Investigations of urbanization effects on birds have focused mainly on breeding traits expressed aft...
The diet of the Great Tit Parus major when rearing chicks has been described in many studies. Howeve...
To understand why early broods tend to be more successful than late broods we investigated the nestl...
Animals often show reduced reproductive success in urban compared to adjacent natural areas. The low...
16 pagesInternational audienceThe exploration of the effects of urbanization on bird demography has ...
Few studies have quantified the relative reproductive success of passerines in urban habitats. I stu...
10 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables, supplementary material https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00995-3The ...
Marie Vaugoyeau [et al.]The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas ha...
Abstract Populations of aerially insectivorous birds are declining throughout North America. Urbaniz...
Rapidly increasing urbanisation is one of the most significant anthropogenic environmental changes w...
Rapidly increasing urbanisation requires mitigation against associated losses of biodiversity and sp...
1. The altered ecological and environmental conditions in towns and cities strongly affect demograph...
Urbanization can have marked effects on plant and animal populations’ phenology, population size, pr...
Urbanization can have marked effects on plant and animal populations’ phenology, population size, pr...
Investigations of urbanization effects on birds have focused mainly on breeding traits expressed aft...
The diet of the Great Tit Parus major when rearing chicks has been described in many studies. Howeve...
To understand why early broods tend to be more successful than late broods we investigated the nestl...
Animals often show reduced reproductive success in urban compared to adjacent natural areas. The low...
16 pagesInternational audienceThe exploration of the effects of urbanization on bird demography has ...
Few studies have quantified the relative reproductive success of passerines in urban habitats. I stu...
10 pages, 3 figures, 4 tables, supplementary material https://doi.org/10.1007/s11252-020-00995-3The ...
Marie Vaugoyeau [et al.]The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas ha...
Abstract Populations of aerially insectivorous birds are declining throughout North America. Urbaniz...