Cyanistes caeruleus
Breeding dispersal and parental care in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)
... (Cyanistes caeruleus) by Valcu and Kempanaers (2008), but differed from the majority of the literature, which strongly suggested that aspects of the vegetation surrounding each nest (Przybylo et ...
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Faecal sac removal and parental coordination in relation to parental predation risk in the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)
... In this thesis, I explore two aspects of parental care in the context of parental predation risk: faecal sac removal (Chapter 2) and coordination between parents (Chapter 3). To do so, I use observational and ...
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Intra specific variation in wing morphology and its impact on take off performance in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) during escape flights
... Diurnal and seasonal increases in body mass and seasonal reductions in wing area may compromise a bird ’ s ability to escape, as less of the power available from the flight muscles can be used to accelerate and elevate ...
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Sparrowhawk movement, calling, and presence of dead conspecifics differentially impact blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) vocal and behavioral mobbing responses
... different kinds and levels of threat (Manser et al. 2002; Templeton et al. 2005). The level of threat a predator poses can also vary with predator features (e.g., hunger levels; Brown and Schwarzbauer 2001), across ...
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Do glucocorticoids predict fitness? : Linking environmental conditions, corticosterone and reproductive success in the blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
... (Cyanistes caeruleus), a positive correlation between brood size and baseline CORT was only evident in the population that had comparatively higher ectoparasite loads ...
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Environmental effects on parental care visitation patterns in blue tits cyanistes caeruleus
... In bi-parental care systems each parent shares benefits with its unrelated partner from the common investment in offspring, but pays an individual cost of providing that care, leading to sexual conflict. However, several ...
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A consistent long-lasting pattern of spatial variation in egg size and shape in blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus)
... tits Cyanistes caeruleus breeding in two areas that are contrastingly different in habitat properties, especially in terms of trophic condi- tions [23] and in terms of calcium availability ...
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Plasticity of foraging strategies in the blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus and the domestic chick, Gallus gallus domesticus
... This experiment was not carried out on wild birds but if the results apply to wild birds, which seems plausible given the apparent ease with which DC can be deactivated in chicks compare[r] ...
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Individual variation in corticosterone and personality traits in the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus
... Here, we specifically addressed 14 whether an 15 1 weather variables on the day of capture, as these would affect opportunities to forage and thus 16 metabolic state; 2 personality trait[r] ...
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Is testosterone immunosuppressive in a condition dependent manner? An experimental test in blue tits
... In this experiment we manipulated testosterone (T) and condition in juvenile male blue tits ( Cyanistes caeruleus ) during the moult, to test whether T’s supposed immunosuppressive qualities are ...
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Family Conflicts over Parental Care in the Blue Tit, Cyanistes caerleus
... As in m any bird species, the breeding season o f blue tits, Cyanistes caeruleus, is tim ed to coincide w ith the peak in food availability that occurs in the spring. H owever, in a norm al breeding season, ...
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Optimum Dietary Protein Level for Blue Streak Hap, Labidochromis caeruleus
... An experiment was designed to determine the optimum dietary protein level of a freshwater ornamental fish, Blue streak hap (Labidochromis caeruleus). Four isocaloric fish meal based diets ranging from 30% to 45% ...
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Genome sequence of Phaeobacter caeruleus type strain (DSM 24564T), a surface-associated member of the marine Roseobacter clade
... From bottom to top: Genes on forward strand (color by COG categories), genes on reverse strand (color by COG categories), RNA genes (tRNAs green, rRNAs red, other RNAs black), GC conte[r] ...
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Effect of Different Live Foods Source (Culex Larvae, Chironomus Larvae and Artemia) on Pigmentation of Electric Yellow (Labidochromis Caeruleus
... (Labidochromis caeruleus) was undertaken to assess the effect of different dietary live food as a natural carotenoid source on pigmentation of its body's ...
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Clinical and epidemiologic profile and predictors of outcome of poisonous snake bites – an analysis of 1,500 cases from a tertiary care center in Malabar, North Kerala, India
... Bungarus caeruleus; Russell’s viper, Daboia russelli; and saw-scaled viper), hump-nosed pit viper (HNPV, Hypnale hypnale), Malabar pit viper (Trimeresurus malabaricus), bamboo pit viper (Trimeresurus gramineus), ...
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Genetic Variation and Causes of Genotype-Environment Interaction in the Body Size of Blue Tit (Parus caeruleus)
... In several studies of natural populations of birds, the heritability of body size estimated by parent- offspring regression has been lower when offspring have developed in poor feeding regimens than when they developed ...
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Effect of Different Live Foods Source (Culex Larvae, Chironomus Larvae and Artemia) on Pigmentation of Electric Yellow Fish (Labidochromis Caeruleus)
... Diler I, Hossu B, Dilek K, Emre Y, Sevgili H (2005) Effects of natural and synthetic pigments in diets on flesh coloration and growth of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). Aquaculture - Bamidgeh, IJA. 57: 175-184. ...
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Delhey, J. Kaspar V. (2005): Sexual selection and blue tit (Parus caeruleus) crown coloration. Dissertation, LMU München: Fakultät für Biologie
... Changes in plumage coloration have been described for several species (Johnson and Jones 1993; Örnborg et al. 2002; McGraw and Hill 2004) but the causes and consequences of such changes are not well understood. Here we ...
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