Great tits feed their nestlings with more but smaller prey items and fewer caterpillars in cities than in forests

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; p. 24161
• Main Authors: Sinkovics, Csenge, Seress, Gábor, Pipoly, Ivett, Vincze, Ernő, Liker, András
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 17.12.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158; 631/158/858; 631/601; Animal populations; Animal reproduction; Animals; Anthropogenic factors; Arthropoda; Arthropods; Biologi; Biological Sciences; Birds; Breeding success; Cities; Ecology; Ekologi; Environmental changes; Environmental quality; Feeding rates; Female; Food; Food availability; Food quality; Forests; Habitat improvement; Habitats; Humanities and Social Sciences; Larva; Lepidoptera; multidisciplinary; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Nest provisioning; Parental behavior; Passeriformes - physiology; Postal Service; Predatory Behavior; Prey; Reproduction; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Success; Urban areas; Urbanization; Cities

Rapidly increasing urbanisation is one of the most significant anthropogenic environmental changes which can affect demographic traits of animal populations, for example resulting in reduced reproductive success. The food limitation hypothesis suggests that the shortage of high-quality nestling food...