<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Atiénzar, Francisco</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Visser, M. E.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Greño, J. L.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Across and within-forest effects on breeding success in Mediterranean Great Tits Parus major</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ardea</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">hatching success</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean forests</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">nest predation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parus major</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">territory vegetation maturity</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010///</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.5253/078.098.0110</style></url></web-urls></urls><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">98</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">77 - 89</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Forest type and habitat structure can have profound effects on different aspects of avian life histories. These effects may, however, strongly differ across and within forests that vary in vegetation composition and structure, especially when an ancient forest has been replaced by a new forest. To test for these dif- ferences in effect, we studied Great Tit Parus major life-history traits (280 first clutches) in two Mediterranean evergreen forests during 2005–07: an ancient Holm Oak Quercus ilex and a reforested pine forest. A comparison between forests revealed that females breeding in the Holm Oak forest started laying one week later, and produced larger clutches and broods both at hatching and at fledging. Chicks raised in the Holm Oak forest also fledged in better condition. Within forests, however, the reproductive success was not higher for pairs breeding in nestboxes surrounded by oaks within the pine forest, and also re- productive success was not lower in nestboxes surrounded by pines within oak forest. Instead, vegetation maturity around nestboxes, rather than tree species composition, affected hatching success. Surprisingly, hatching success was higher in nestboxes surrounded by immature vegetation. We suggest that this may be due to a lower nest predation rate in nestboxes surrounded by imma- ture vegetation, compared to nestboxes surrounded by mature vegetation. We suggest that different factors appear to affect variation in breeding success in Mediterranean Great Tits comparing across forests (e.g. food availability) vs. within a forest (e.g. nest predation).</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Catalan, R M</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Haeger, J F</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Breeding patterns of the Great Tit (Parus major) in a pine plantation and a holm oak forest in a Mediterranean region (southern Spain)</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Revue d'Ecologie la Terre et la Vie</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">breeding pattenrns</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">great tits</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mediterranean</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">nest-box</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parus major</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pine plantation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Quercus ilex</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1996</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">51</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">341-357</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This study compares breeding patterns of nestbox-breeding Great Tits (Parus major) between two adjacent forest habitats: a pine plantation and a Mediterranean helm oak Quercus rotundifolia forest. Breeding density increased in both forests when nestbox density was raised. The breeding season started earlier in the pinewood, but tended to end at the same time in both habitats. Reproductive effort was higher in the plantation as reflected in egg volume rather than clutch size. Time of season had an effect on clutch size but not on the size of the eggs which remained constant throughout the breeding season. Breeding success was associated with habitat, with both the number of fledglings and their weight being higher in the pinewood. These parameters showed a seasonal trend in the pinewood but not in the helm oak forest. Our results show that Great Tit achieves a higher reproductive performance in the pinewood in spite of its recent settling in this habitat.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APS</style></notes><research-notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">APS</style></research-notes></record></records></xml>