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Bańbura J, Blondel J, de Wilde-Lambrechts H, et al. Nestling diet variation in an insular Mediterranean population of blue tits Parus caeruleus: effects of years, territories and individuals. Oecologia. 1994;100(4):413-420doi: 10.1007/BF00317863.
Bańbura, J., Blondel, J., de Wilde-Lambrechts, H., Galan, M. J., & Maistre, M. (1994). Nestling diet variation in an insular Mediterranean population of blue tits Parus caeruleus: effects of years, territories and individuals. Oecologia, 100(4), 413-420. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317863
Bańbura, Jerzy, et al. "Nestling diet variation in an insular Mediterranean population of blue tits Parus caeruleus: effects of years, territories and individuals." Oecologia vol. 100,4 (1994): 413-420. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00317863
Bańbura J, Blondel J, de Wilde-Lambrechts H, Galan MJ, Maistre M. Nestling diet variation in an insular Mediterranean population of blue tits Parus caeruleus: effects of years, territories and individuals. Oecologia. 1994 Dec;100(4):413-420. doi: 10.1007/BF00317863. PMID: 28306930.
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Oecologia. 1994 Dec;100(4):413-420. doi: 10.1007/BF00317863.

Nestling diet variation in an insular Mediterranean population of blue tits Parus caeruleus: effects of years, territories and individuals.

Oecologia

Jerzy Bańbura, Jacques Blondel, Hilde de Wilde-Lambrechts, Marie-Jose Galan, Marie Maistre

Affiliations

  1. Centre d'Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive, CNRS, B.P. 5051, F-34033, Montpellier, France.

PMID: 28306930 DOI: 10.1007/BF00317863

Abstract

Mediterranean evergreen forests of Corsica are characterized by relatively high species diversity of arthropods with low population densities. Food is never superabundant for Corsican blue tits Parus caeruleus. This study focused on the composition of the food of blue tit nestlings and especially on two main components, caterpillars and spiders. The nestling diet was studied for two years using 8-mm cameras that automatically took photographs of adult birds with food. The diet was composed of c. 50% caterpillars and c. 30% spiders. There were between-year and between-individual differences in these proportions. In both years of the study the proportion of caterpillars declined during the course of the breeding season. Individual and time effects on prey sizes were also observed. Pairs and individuals were fairly constant in the proportions of prey over the feeding period. Different food items were not brought in runs. These findings suggest that strong food limitation exists on Corsica, which can considerably influence life-history traits of the blue tit.

Keywords: Corsica food; Evergreen forest; Life history; Parus caeruleus

References

  1. Oecologia. 1991 Sep;88(1):9-14 - PubMed

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