Habitat and year-to-year variation in haemoglobin concentration in nestling blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

Bańbura, Jerzy; Bańbura, Mirosława; Kaliński, Adam; Skwarska, Joanna; Słomczyński, Robert; Wawrzyniak, Jarosław; Zieliński, Piotr

doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.07.008

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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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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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“…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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“…Additionally, long-term year-to-year changes in haemoglobin concentration were correlated with frassfall peaks in the forest site. Bańbura et al (2007) found a strong association between haemoglobin concentration in Blue Tit nestlings and the amount of caterpillars during the time of extremely high abundance of caterpillars in seasons 2003-2005. Chamberlain et al (2009 showed in their meta-analysis that urban bird populations are characterized by lower productivity (lower clutch sizes, lower fledging success) and worse body condition (lower nestling weights) than nonurban populations.…”

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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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“…An experimental study by Pyrke and Rollins (2012) demonstrated a positive impact of diet quality on haemoglobin concentrations in nestling Parrot Finches Erythrura trichroa. Similarly, haemoglobin concentrations of Great Tit Parus major nestlings were found to reflect differences in trophic conditions between seasons and sites (Bańbura et al 2007). For these reasons, it can be expected that blood concentrations of glucose and haemoglobin in birds should be positively inter-correlated.…”

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High glucose concentrations are associated with symptoms of mild anaemia in Whiskered Terns: consequences for assessing physiological quality in birds

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Although blood concentrations of glucose and haemoglobin are known to correlate with nutritional state of individuals, hyperglycaemic states in vertebrates are often linked to anaemia. A negative relationship between blood concentrations of glucose and haemoglobin was confirmed in a wild population of Whiskered Terns Chlidonias hybrida. Also, terns with higher haemoglobin concentrations initiated laying earlier and had clutches with larger eggs, while blood glucose concentrations of individuals were not associated with the timing of laying and egg size. This implies that blood haemoglobin concentration may be considered a much more robust indicator of physiological quality than glucose concentrations in the Whiskered Tern, and possibly in other waterbirds.

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Habitat and year-to-year variation in haemoglobin concentration in nestling blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus

Cited by 78 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

High glucose concentrations are associated with symptoms of mild anaemia in Whiskered Terns: consequences for assessing physiological quality in birds

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