Blood parameters as consistent predictors of nestling performance in great tits (Parus major) in the wild

Nadolski, Jerzy; Skwarska, Joanna; Kaliński, Adam; Bańbura, Mirosława; Śniegula, R.; Bańbura, Jerzy

doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2005.10.021

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“…Our previous findings on tits showed that the level of concentration of haemoglobin corresponds positively with body condition (on the Great Tit Parus major: Nadolski et al 2006, on the Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus: Bańbura et al 2007), while glucose is an inverse index of condition (on the Blue Tit: Kaliński et al 2014). Therefore, a negative correlation between the concentration of haemoglobin and glucose would be expected, as recently reported by Minias (2014).…”

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“…Haemoglobin is a simple biochemical indicator of bird metabolism (Sergent et al 2004;Nadolski et al 2006;Simmons and Lill 2006) that reflects the nutritional status of the animal, its hydration, and the presence of parasites and pathogens, and allows for the estimation of mineral deficiency (Campbell and Dein 1984;Campbell 1995). Stressors also contribute to changes in the level of haemoglobin, e.g., increasing the ambient temperature causes changes in the concentration of haemoglobin (Wilson 1971), and nutritional deficiencies cause a noticeable drop in the level of haemoglobin (Kasprzyk et al 2006).…”

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Patterns of year-to-year variation in haemoglobin and glucose concentrations in the blood of nestling Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

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Physiological tools can be used to identify the sources and consequences of stressors on animals. Understanding the influences of variation in habitat quality and anthropogenic disturbance on organism condition and health may improve future management and conservation. We present results concerning variation in haemoglobin and glucose concentrations in the blood of about 14-day-old nestling Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca in central Poland over a 4-year period, 2011-2014, in a deciduous forest. The most important findings of the study are: (1) the concentration of haemoglobin and glucose of the nestlings from the same brood tended to be consistently similar, with much variation occurring among broods; (2) repeatability of haemoglobin concentration was higher than repeatability of glucose concentration; (3) mean levels of haemoglobin and glucose varied among years; (4) haemoglobin and glucose concentrations were negatively correlated; and (5) there was a positive relationship between haemoglobin levels and breeding success.

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Patterns of year-to-year variation in haemoglobin and glucose concentrations in the blood of nestling Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

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“…Some recent studies suggest caution when using haemoglobin concentration as a simple body condition index (Lill et al 2013). However, our previous studies showed that the level of haemoglobin is a reliable condition indicator for Tits (Nadolski et al 2006;Kaliński et al 2009;Kaliński et al 2012) and for Pied Flycatcher (Glądalski et al 2015a). Kilgas et al (2006a, b) also found that the concentration of haemoglobin is strongly positively related to the physiological condition of nestling great tits.…”

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“…In previous studies we found that variation in haemoglobin levels between individual nestlings within a brood was low in relation to differences among separate broods, resulting in significant repeatability for two Tit species [for Great Tits: 0.53 (breeding season 2004); Nadolski et al 2006, and for Blue Tits: 0.69 (breeding seasons 2003-2005; Bańbura et al 2007]. In nestling Pied Flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) studied in our forest study site the repeatability of haemoglobin was assessed at 0.63 (Glądalski et al 2015a).…”

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Spatial variation in haemoglobin concentration of nestling Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus): a long-term perspective

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An understanding of the influences of anthropogenic disturbance and variation in habitat quality on organism condition and breeding success may improve future management and conservation decisions. Some authors consider haemoglobin concentration to be a simple biochemical indicator of bird condition. The main goal of this paper is to examine if the level of haemoglobin displays any consistent pattern of variation across habitats differing in quality. We present results concerning longterm variation in haemoglobin concentration in the blood of about 14-day-old nestling Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) in central Poland in an 11-year period (2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013), in two landscapes (an urban parkland and a deciduous forest). The most important findings of the study are: (1) the concentration of haemoglobin of the nestlings from the same brood tended to be consistently similar, with most variation occurring between broods, (2) mean levels of haemoglobin varied between years, and were correlated with caterpillar abundance peaks in the forest study site, (3) mean haemoglobin concentration was significantly higher in the forest area than in the parkland area, (4) haemoglobin levels were positively correlated with breeding and fledging success. We confirmed that haemoglobin concentration displays a spatio-temporal pattern and that the level of haemoglobin is a reliable condition and habitat quality indicator in nestling Blue Tits in the study populations. Although, strictly speaking, the analysed differences are between two particular sites, we think that they reflect differences between urban and non-urban habitats.

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Blood parameters as consistent predictors of nestling performance in great tits (Parus major) in the wild

Cited by 58 publications

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Patterns of year-to-year variation in haemoglobin and glucose concentrations in the blood of nestling Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

Patterns of year-to-year variation in haemoglobin and glucose concentrations in the blood of nestling Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca

Spatial variation in haemoglobin concentration of nestling Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus): a long-term perspective

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