Temperatures in Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis nesting holes indicate the timing of breeding phases

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00216208:11310/24:10500204

Result on the web

<a href="https://doi.org/10.3161/00016454AO2024.59.2.004" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.3161/00016454AO2024.59.2.004</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3161/00016454AO2024.59.2.004" target="_blank" >10.3161/00016454AO2024.59.2.004</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Temperatures in Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis nesting holes indicate the timing of breeding phases

Original language description

In recent years, temperature data loggers have been used to collect breeding details including the duration of incubation breaks, detect the exact start of incubation, and record unsuccessful breeding in various types of bird nests. Nevertheless, the majority of conventional techniques are inapplicable in subterranean settings. This study presents the results of using a temperature data logger to monitor breeding phases and the transitions between them in the natural nest holes of the Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis. The first sensor was placed inside an occupied nest chamber (during egg laying or incubation) beside the clutch, while the second sensor was placed in a reference hole near the nest at the same depth and height as the occupied nest hole. The temperature inside the nest chamber and the reference hole was measured continuously at one-minute intervals. Measurements were taken during various time periods, from egg laying/incubation to the successful fledging of chicks or their death. The temperature curves clearly indicate the laying of the eggs, the start of incubation, successful fledging, or the death of chicks in the nest chamber, and even other fine details such as diurnal fluctuations or levels of thermal stability. It was not always possible to determine exactly when the chicks hatched from the temperature data, as incubated eggs and freshly hatched chicks have similar temperature demands and receive similar heat from the brooding parent.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10613 - Zoology

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Acta Ornithologica

ISSN

0001-6454

e-ISSN

1734-8471

Volume of the periodical

59

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

16

Pages from-to

119-134

UT code for WoS article

001504803400004

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-105008238906