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http://dx.doi.org/10.13087/kosert.2012.15.5.155

A Research on the Reproductive Properties of Great Tits in the Urban Forests  

Jeong, Hyu-Jin (Department of Life Science, Yeungnam University)
Cho, Eun-A (Department of Life Science, Yeungnam University)
Ko, Hyeon-Seo (Department of Life Science, Yeungnam University)
Jang, Gab-Sue (Department of Life Science, Yeungnam University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Environmental Restoration Technology / v.15, no.5, 2012 , pp. 155-163 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was carried out to monitor reproductive responses of great tits in 17 urban forests in Daegu metropolitan city. The reproductive perspectives of great tits were surveyed by using 106 artificial bird nests, of which five or seven nests were set up in every urban forest. A ratio of artificial nests used by great tits for their reproduction was 27.4%. It was showing that forests, where the reproductive response was higher, was located at the edge of the city, or was known as having a good vegetation structure in the urban area. The laying date of a great tit was a little earlier in forests in the middle of the city. It might be dependent on the density of artificial land uses including a residential area and an industrial complex, which are able to increase an urban micro-temperature. Otherwise, natural forests or forest patches nearby natural forests located at the edge of the city were showing that the laying date of great tits was relatively later than the oneee in the forest in the middle of the city. There was a big difference of reproduction perspectives of great tit between the 1st and 2nd reproduction. In the 1st reproduction, a clutch size was larger, while an egg volume was so low. Otherwise, the clutch size was shown so smaller in the 2nd reproduction than in the 1st reproduction, while the egg volume was larger in the 2nd reproduction. It might be due to the survival strategy of a great tit to prepare the winter season for a juvenile. Many variables, regarding to the problem of climate changes, have been linked to the environment of urban area and the bird habitats. Finally, Monitoring a bird reproduction is a valuable work for managing an urban forest as well as for conserving a natural forest.
Keywords
Urban forest; Reproductive response; Great tit; Artificial bird nest;
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