Do We Impact Neighboring Nests When Managing for House Sparrows on Nest-Box Trails?

2021 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Micaela M. Rivera ◽  
Max Mindiola ◽  
Erin Engstrom ◽  
Caren B. Cooper ◽  
Memuna Z. Khan
Keyword(s):  
House Sparrows ◽  
Nest Box

Does Nest-box Size Impact Clutch Size of House Sparrows?

2012 ◽  
Vol 124 (2) ◽  
pp. 384-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter E. Lowther
Keyword(s):  
Clutch Size ◽  
House Sparrows ◽  
Nest Box

Nestling Of House Sparrow Passer Domesticus In Nest Boxes In Zielona Góra Preliminary Report

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-26
Author(s):  
Damian Markulak
Keyword(s):  
Preliminary Report ◽  
House Sparrow ◽  
Passer Domesticus ◽  
House Sparrows ◽  
Nest Box ◽  
European Cities ◽  
Nest Sites ◽  
Nest Boxes ◽  
Nesting Sites

Abstract The population of House Sparrows in most of European cities declined in the end of the XX century (De Laet & Summers-Smith 2007). One of the presumable reasons of this decline is loss of nest sites. The House sparrow is a secondary hole-nester (Anderson 2006) and places its nest in holes of buildings, shrubs and nest boxes. The rate of nest box occupation depends on the location and competition with other species (Anderson T.R. 2006). The aim of this study was to investigate the rate of nest box occupation by House sparrows in Zielona Góra, Western Poland, which can provide information about the availability of nesting sites.

Photoperiodism in House Sparrows: Testing for Induction with Nonphotic Zeitgebers

1990 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 587-599
Author(s):  
Stéphan G. Reebs ◽  
N. Mrosovsky
Keyword(s):  
House Sparrows

House Sparrows Feeding Young at Night

The Auk ◽  
1971 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 924-925
Author(s):  
Maurice Broun
Keyword(s):  
House Sparrows

scholarly journals Non-breeding feather concentrations of testosterone, corticosterone and cortisol are associated with subsequent survival in wild house sparrows

2011 ◽  
Vol 279 (1733) ◽  
pp. 1560-1566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee Koren ◽  
Shinichi Nakagawa ◽  
Terry Burke ◽  
Kiran K. Soma ◽  
Katherine E. Wynne-Edwards ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Stress Hormones ◽  
Passer Domesticus ◽  
House Sparrows ◽  
Long Term Study ◽  
Darwinian Fitness ◽  
Liquid Chromatography Tandem Mass ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
The Subject ◽  
As Stress

Potential mechanistic mediators of Darwinian fitness, such as stress hormones or sex hormones, have been the focus of many studies. An inverse relationship between fitness and stress or sex hormone concentrations has been widely assumed, although empirical evidence is scarce. Feathers gradually accumulate hormones during their growth and provide a novel way to measure hormone concentrations integrated over time. Using liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry, we measured testosterone, corticosterone and cortisol in the feathers of house sparrows ( Passer domesticus ) in a wild population which is the subject of a long-term study. Although corticosterone is considered the dominant avian glucocorticoid, we unambiguously identified cortisol in feathers. In addition, we found that feathers grown during the post-nuptial moult in autumn contained testosterone, corticosterone and cortisol levels that were significantly higher in birds that subsequently died over the following winter than in birds that survived. Thus, feather steroids are candidate prospective biomarkers to predict the future survival of individuals in the wild.

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