Reproduction of the pallid swift(Apus pallidus)in relation to weather and aerial insect abundance
作者:
Marco Cucco,
Giorgio Malacarne,
期刊:
Italian Journal of Zoology
(Taylor Available online 1996)
卷期:
Volume 63,
issue 3
页码: 247-253
ISSN:1125-0003
年代: 1996
DOI:10.1080/11250009609356141
出版商: Taylor & Francis Group
关键词: Pallid swift reproduction;Influence of weather;Seasonal changes in food;Daily rhythm of activity;Aerial feeding birds
数据来源: Taylor
摘要:
The reproductive activity of swifts is affected by seasonal fluc tuations of aerial insects which are largely unpredictable, depending day by day on climatic conditions. In this work we investigated whether the parental food provisioning is influenced by hourly fluc tuations of insect abundance or if adults maintain a constant feeding rate. We found during each day that the amount of food delivered to nestlings was not related to hourly insect availability. We also verified that daily insect abundance is related to daily minimum and maximum temperature (38% of variability explained) and is unrelatedtorainfall. Finally we compared, during different reproductive seasons, the aerial insect abundance and the biomass (eggs and nestlings) produced by adult swifts. Insect abundance was constantly high from June to September and did not precisely match the main period of biomass production (first clutch), which reached a maximum in July.
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