Behavioral responses to conspecific mobbing calls are predator‐specific in great tits (Parus major)
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5467
Abstract: Abstract When facing a predator, animals need to perform an appropriate antipredator behavior such as escaping or mobbing to prevent predation. Many bird species exhibit distinct mobbing behaviors and vocalizations once a predator has been… read more here.
Keywords: parus major; behavioral responses; mobbing calls; tits parus ... See more keywords
Nest building in titmice Paridae: Selectivity in bryophyte use
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.9852
Abstract: Abstract In many bird species, reproductive success is dependent on nest quality. However, detailed data on nest composition are scarce, and quantitative analyses have generally used only rough categories, without species identification. Bryophytes dominate the… read more here.
Keywords: bryophyte; nest materials; great tits; bryophyte species ... See more keywords
Number of callers may affect the response to conspecific mobbing calls in great tits (Parus major)
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DOI: 10.1007/s00265-021-02969-7
Abstract: Numerical competence—the ability to represent, discriminate, and process numerical quantity information—is a widespread cognitive ability in animals that influences survival and reproductive success. Little is known about the role of numerical competence during predator mobbing—when… read more here.
Keywords: number; numerical competence; tits parus; parus major ... See more keywords
Repeatable differences in exploratory behaviour predict tick infestation probability in wild great tits
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DOI: 10.1007/s00265-021-02972-y
Abstract: Ecological factors and individual-specific traits affect parasite infestation in wild animals. Ixodid ticks are important ectoparasites of various vertebrate hosts, which include passerine bird species such as the great tit (Parus major). We studied various… read more here.
Keywords: infestation probability; tick burden; probability; infestation ... See more keywords
Predation by sparrowhawks favours early breeding and small broods in great tits
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DOI: 10.1007/s004420100769
Abstract: The selective pressures determining timing of reproduction and brood or litter size in animals remain to be clarified, despite much research. In several detailed studies of birds, selection for an early start of breeding has… read more here.
Keywords: early breeding; great tits; predation sparrowhawks; small broods ... See more keywords
Perfluoroalkyl Acids (PFAAs) Concentrations and Oxidative Status in Two Generations of Great Tits Inhabiting a Contamination Hotspot.
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DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.8b05235
Abstract: The ubiquity of perfluoroalkyl acids (PFAAs) contrasts with the limited information about their effects. We report here PFAA plasma concentrations in wild populations of great tits ( Parus major) settled at and in the vicinity… read more here.
Keywords: oxidative status; two generations; acids pfaas; pfaas concentrations ... See more keywords
Feather corticosterone reveals that urban great tits experience lower corticosterone exposure than forest individuals during dominance-rank establishment
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DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coad033
Abstract: Aggressive interactions between city-dwelling great tits could be more frequent due to higher population densities compared with forest habitats. However, urban great tits had lower levels of corticosterone (“stress hormones”) in feathers suggesting that competing… read more here.
Keywords: corticosterone reveals; urban great; corticosterone; great tits ... See more keywords
Blue tits are outperformed by great tits in a test of motor inhibition, and experience does not improve their performance
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DOI: 10.1098/rsos.221176
Abstract: Motor inhibition refers to the ability to inhibit immediate responses in favour of adaptive actions that are mediated by executive functions. This ability may be an indication of general cognitive ability in animals and is… read more here.
Keywords: motor inhibition; blue tits; experience; great tits ... See more keywords
Great tits differ in glucocorticoid plasticity in response to spring temperature
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DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2022.1235
Abstract: Fluctuations in environmental temperature affect energy metabolism, stimulating the expression of phenotypic plasticity in behavioral and physiological traits. Vertebrate hormonal signals like glucocorticoids underpin environmentally-induced phenotypic plasticity, with changes in circulating concentrations orchestrating plastic changes… read more here.
Keywords: variation; glucocorticoid plasticity; temperature; plasticity ... See more keywords
Hissing females of great tits ( Parus major ) have lower breeding success than non‐hissing individuals
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DOI: 10.1111/eth.12952
Abstract: Antipredator strategies vary remarkably between individuals within populations. Parents tend to take greater risks when brood value is increased. Moreover, individuals consistently differ in a whole suite of correlated behaviours that may cause distinctive responses… read more here.
Keywords: parus major; non hissing; success; tits parus ... See more keywords
Great tits and the city: Distribution of genomic diversity and gene–environment associations along an urbanization gradient
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DOI: 10.1111/eva.12580
Abstract: Urbanization is a growing concern challenging the evolutionary potential of wild populations by reducing genetic diversity and imposing new selection regimes affecting many key fitness traits. However, genomic footprints of urbanization have received little attention… read more here.
Keywords: diversity; urbanization; great tits; genomic diversity ... See more keywords