scholarly journals Lack of specialist nidicoles as a characteristic of mite assemblages inhabiting nests of the ground-nesting wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Aves: Passeriformes)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Napierała ◽  
Marta Maziarz ◽  
Grzegorz Hebda ◽  
Richard K. Broughton ◽  
Tomasz Rutkowski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Assemblage Structure ◽  
Breeding Period ◽  
Nest Material ◽  
Tree Leaves ◽  
Wood Warbler ◽  
Białowieża National Park ◽  
The Common ◽  
Phylloscopus Sibilatrix

AbstractBird and mammal nests provide microhabitats that support a range of other species, including invertebrates. However, the variation between communities of nest-dwelling invertebrates in different nests is poorly understood. The major aim of this study was to analyze the assemblage structure of mites from the suborder Uropodina (Acari: Mesostigmata) and from superfamily Crotonioidea (Acari: Oribatida) inhabiting nests of the wood warbler, Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Aves: Passeriformes), located on a forest floor in Białowieża Forest, in eastern Poland. We also assessed the correlation between the nest material used by the birds with the assemblage structure of Uropodina mites, and compared the results with published studies of the nests of other birds and a mammal (common mole, Talpa europaea), and also with communities of mites inhabiting the soil. The field research was conducted in the strict nature reserve of the Białowieża National Park, a near-primeval European temperate forest. In 2019, immediately after the breeding period, 69 wood warbler nests and 439 soil samples were collected. Analyses revealed assemblages of Uropodina mites inhabiting the nests that consisted of 14 species, mostly common soil species. Only five species of oribatid mites from superfamily Crotonioidea were present in the nest material. Analyzed nests had a high percentage of tree leaves and grass blades, whereas moss was the least frequent component of the nest material. The Uropodina mites were more abundant in the nests that had greater amounts of grass blades, but similar relationships were insignificant for the nests with varying amounts of tree leaves or moss. The assemblages of Uropodina mites inhabiting wood warbler nests were very similar to those found in soil and nests of the common mole, but they lacked typical nest-dwelling species of Uropodina (i.e., specialized nidicoles).

scholarly journals A study of the speech of bilingual children of Russian Germans living in Germany

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 180-190
Author(s):  
Camilla Licari ◽  
Monica Perotto
Keyword(s):  
Formal Education ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Migrant Children ◽  
Bilingual Children ◽  
Main Task ◽  
Heritage Speakers ◽  
Common Features ◽  
Migration History ◽  
The Common ◽  
Russian Germans

The article presents the relevant issue of analysing the common features of the grammar of Russian as language inherited by the second or third generation of migrant children in Europe and in the world. The novelty of the study is in the fact that it compares the speech of children with different dominant languages and, in particular, studies the speech of a group of children from families of Russian Germans living in Germany under dual language inheritance. Their parents have a very rich migration history, as they are, in turn, also heritage speakers of German, the language, which they spoke in their family. In the present paper, the main task will be to identify the common features determined by the contact between Russian as a heritage language and other languages, especially at morphological and lexical levels. For this purpose, a field research project was conducted at the Learning and Integration Centre Dialog e. V. in Reutlingen. The analysis of oral and written works of bilingual children of the last generation of Russian Germans showed not only the common elements of erosion identified in the heritage grammar, but also the special linguistic features caused by the transition from German-Russian to Russian-German inheritance. The influence of their parents language distinguishes them from other groups of Russian students, emphasizes the importance of studying not only childrens, but also their parents speech, as well as teaching standard Russian in the framework of non-formal education.

scholarly journals Determining population trends and conservation status of the common quail (Coturnix coturnix) in Western Europe

2012 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 343-352
Author(s):  
M. Puigcerver ◽  
◽  
F. Sardà–Palomera ◽  
J. D. Rodriguez-Teijeiro ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Conservation Status ◽  
Population Trends ◽  
Distribution Model ◽  
Breeding Period ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Winter Cereal ◽  
Coturnix Coturnix ◽  
The Common ◽  
Common Quail

In this paper we review the conservation status and population trends of the common quail (Coturnix coturnix) from 1900 to the present. Data are sometimes contradictory with regard to the status of this species as it has some features that make it difficult to produce reliable population estimates. Recent data clearly suggest, either at a local scale or at a trans–national scale, that the Atlantic common quail populations have remained stable in the last two decades, and that restocking practices with farm–reared quails (hybrids with the Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica) do not affect our estimates. The complex movement patterns showed by this species require special attention. Analysis of ring recoveries can give important information, especially about the nomadic movement of quails in search of suitable habitats after the destruction of winter cereal crops due to harvesting. Thus, when developing a breeding distribution model for this species, continuously updated information on seasonal habitat and weather must be included for optimal prediction. Including fortnightly data of vegetation indices in distribution models, for example, has shown good results. Obtaining reliable predictions about changes in species distribution and movements during the breeding period could provide useful knowledge about the conservation status and population trends and would help in the design of future management measures.

scholarly journals On the Common Crane duets during the breeding period

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (20) ◽  
pp. 69-88
Author(s):  
S. V. Winter ◽  
◽  
P. I. Gorlov ◽  
A. A. Shevtsov ◽  
◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Breeding Period ◽  
Common Crane ◽  
The Common

Simple Hardworking Christian Folks, or the Self-Image of Contemporary Belarusian Kolkhozniks

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 260-279
Author(s):  
Anna Engelking
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The Self ◽  
Self Image ◽  
Building Process ◽  
The Common ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Christian Nation ◽  
Source Materials ◽  
Insight Into

This article concerns the anthropological inquiry about collective identity of contemporary Belarusian kolkhozniks. The author had conducted her field research (1993-2011) in both west and east Belarus. Source materials consist of about seven hundred conversations with individuals overwhelmingly more than sixty years of age. By analyzing and interpreting their narrative, the author traced the implicit values, norms, rules, basic semiotic dichotomies, and distinctive attributes in search of an unbiased insight into the content, structure, and building process of collective identity of the subjects under study. She concludes that the dichotomies, constitutive for collective identity of kolkhozniks—“peasant” versus “lord,” “peasant” versus “Jew,” and “Christian” versus “Jew”—result in the self-definition of muzhik-kolkhoznik as a simple, hard-working man “from here” belonging to a “Christian nation.” Neither the nation nor motherland, state nor language, belongs to the principal values of this group, which are “working the land” and “faith in God.” As a result of the petrifaction of the old model of the serfdom manor by the Soviet kolkhoz system, in a Belarusian village we presently encounter one of the last European residuals of premodern mentality and social identity. The image of Belarusian kolkhozniks’ collective identity has little to do with the popular category of Homo sovieticus and with the common stereotype of the kolkhoz. The human subject of the author’s anthropological reflection shows up as a person dealing amazingly well with extremely difficult living conditions and the modern, vivid personification of the archaic Homo religiosus.

Birds using artificial plants as nesting material

Behaviour ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Auke-Florian Hiemstra ◽  
Barbara Gravendeel ◽  
Menno Schilthuizen
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Nest Material ◽  
Bird Population ◽  
Fulica Atra ◽  
Nesting Material ◽  
The Common ◽  
Nest Materials

Abstract Here we present the first cases of birds using artificial plants as nest material. We report our findings for the common coot (Fulica atra) from Leiden, the Netherlands, in 2019. This is the first population of freshwater birds studied for its use of anthropogenic nest materials, and together with another report from the same year, the earliest case of an entire bird population with plastic in all nests. We also report the first artificial plants used as nesting material by birds, and discuss the implications of their usage as such.

Observations on Polyterritoriality and Singing Behaviour in the Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix

1984 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans Temrin ◽  
Ylva Mallner ◽  
Monica Winden
Keyword(s):  
Wood Warbler ◽  
Phylloscopus Sibilatrix

scholarly journals The Breeding Bird Community of a Primaeval Temperate Forest (Białowieża National Park, Poland) at the End of the 20thCentury

2002 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomasz Wesołowski ◽  
Ludwik Tomiałojć ◽  
Cezary Mitrus ◽  
Patryk Rowiński ◽  
Dorota Czeszczewik
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Bird Community ◽  
Breeding Bird ◽  
Białowieża National Park

scholarly journals Patterns of predator behaviour and Wood Warbler Phylloscopus sibilatrix nest survival in a primaeval forest

Ibis ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 161 (4) ◽  
pp. 854-866 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marta Maziarz ◽  
Alex Grendelmeier ◽  
Tomasz Wesołowski ◽  
Raphaёl Arlettaz ◽  
Richard K. Broughton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Nest Survival ◽  
Wood Warbler ◽  
Phylloscopus Sibilatrix ◽  
Predator Behaviour

Site-Related ^(13)C of Tree Leaves and Soil Organic Matter in a Temperate Forest

Ecology ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 74 (6) ◽  
pp. 1713-1721 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerome Balesdent ◽  
Cyril Girardin ◽  
Andre Mariotti
Keyword(s):  
Organic Matter ◽  
Soil Organic Matter ◽  
Temperate Forest ◽  
Tree Leaves

Festival attendees’ motivations: the case of International Troia Festival

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 146-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erol Duran ◽  
Bahattin Hamarat
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Relation ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Common Belief ◽  
Folk Dance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Demographic Groups ◽  
Theoretical Contribution ◽  
Cultural Life ◽  
High Motivation ◽  
The Common

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate underlying motivational dimensions of visitors attending the International Troia Festival (ITF), Çanakkale, Turkey. Design/methodology/approach – Surveys with 26 items on six motivational dimensions were empirically tested. Data were collected by a self-administered survey. The study sample comprised attendees of particular festival events which were suitable for survey practice in the ITF lasting for five days. The participants of the survey were the attendees of two theater shows, two conferences, and two folk dance shows. A total of 473 usable forms were obtained from the visitors and processed in the analysis. Findings – Significant differences and relations in motivational dimensions were found on the basis of visitors’ socio-demographic origins. Female visitors are more likely to attend festival events with high motivation of family togetherness and cultural exploration. Also male visitors are more likely to attend the events with more motivation of event attraction and escape and excitement than family togetherness. Motivation of cultural exploration is also high for all socio-demographic groups of festival visitors. Thereby, cultural exploration and family togetherness are also highly important for attendees. The basic theme of the ITF was identified as a cultural festival which essentially motivates visitors to attend particularly for cultural exploration. Research limitations/implications – The findings of this paper solely reflect the motivational dimensions identified during a Turkish festival with a cultural lifestyle. Practical implications – The field research of the study demonstrates the application of methodology by event managers to gain better understanding into visitor motivation, satisfaction, behavioral intention, event organization, and event theme. Originality/value – The important theoretical contribution of the study is in the area of establishing a meaningful and empirical relation between motivation of festivals and cultural structure of community as part of the perceived socio-cultural impacts of festivals. This implies and empirically substantiates the common belief that festivals and events can be instrumental in enriching cultural life.

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