Effect of extreme weather on the breeding parameters of great tits Parus major: comparison of two very different seasons

IF 1.6 4区生物学 Q2 ZOOLOGY

European Zoological Journal Pub Date : 2022-07-29 DOI:10.1080/24750263.2022.2099990

A. Podstawczy, ska, B. M, Bura, A. Kali, ski, M. Markowski, J. Wawrzyniak, M. D, kowska, P. Zieli, A. Znajewska, J. Skwarska, B. J.

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Abstract

Abstract Climate change and extreme weather events may be seen as an opportunity to help understand the mechanisms by which birds adjust their breeding parameters to environmental variability. In the breeding season of 2020, several factors, such as a prolonged drought period, a relatively warm winter with no snow cover, and a cold spring (the coldest May in Poland since 1991) affected many bird populations in Poland. The great tit Parus major tended to produce much smaller clutches, much fewer fledglings, and had very low breeding success, increasing with the progress of the breeding season in 2020, in contrast to the more typical breeding season characterised by average weather parameters in 2018. In light of the results obtained, we agree with the view that the phenotypic plasticity of the breeding parameters of the studied birds, such as phenology, may be insufficient to adjust to the upcoming extreme weather events. Additionally, further examining of the impact of extreme weather events on the breeding biology of animals is an important goal for future studies.

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极端天气对大山雀繁殖参数的影响:两个非常不同季节的比较

气候变化和极端天气事件可能被视为帮助理解鸟类根据环境变化调整其繁殖参数的机制的机会。在2020年的繁殖季节，几个因素，如长期干旱期，相对温暖的冬季没有积雪，以及寒冷的春季(波兰自1991年以来最冷的5月)影响了波兰的许多鸟类种群。与2018年以平均天气参数为特征的更典型的繁殖季节相比，大山雀的产卵量要小得多，雏鸟要少得多，繁殖成功率也很低，随着2020年繁殖季节的进展而增加。根据研究结果，我们同意研究鸟类繁殖参数(如物候学)的表型可塑性可能不足以适应即将到来的极端天气事件的观点。此外，进一步研究极端天气事件对动物繁殖生物学的影响是未来研究的重要目标。

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European Zoological Journal Agricultural and Biological Sciences-Animal Science and Zoology

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3.10

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30 weeks

期刊介绍： The European Zoological Journal (previously Italian Journal of Zoology) is an open access journal devoted to the study of all aspects of basic, comparative and applied protozoan and animal biology at molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, organismal, population, and community-ecosystem level. Papers covering multiple levels of organization and integrative approaches to study animal form, function, development, ecology, evolution and systematics are welcome. First established in 1930 under the name of Il Bollettino di Zoologia, the journal now has an international focus, reflected through its global editorial board, and wide author and readership.