General Information
Data owner Alexander Artemyev
Contact ficedul@gmail.com
Institution Institute of Biology, Karelian Research Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, Petrozavodsk, 185910 Russia
Conditions of use/Licence Agreement with the data owner
Data available via pipeline No
Quality check of the original data Checks conducted by data owner

 

Study site
Name Mayachino, Russia
Size (ha) 120-170 ha
Major site changes Yes. The nest boxes were placed in boreal forests typical for the region on plots with an area of about 10 sq km. To estimate breeding density, we included only the area of the close vicinity of nest boxes. We included 100 m stripe along the lines of nest boxes (50 m on each side), and added 100 m to the length of the line (50 m on each end). In the plots of nest boxes, a 50 m stripe outside the outermost lines of nest boxes was included in the area. The overall area varied between 120-170 ha since 1980, on average 146 ha.
Latitude 60°46'N
Latitude 32°49'E
Number of nest boxes (min) 267
Number of nest boxes (max) 401
Vegetation Type Evergreen and mixed
Description of study site The station Mayachino is located at the southeast Lake Ladoga coast in Olonets district of Russian Karelia (Russia) in the subzone of middle taiga.The landscape is rather marshy: forests on dry soil comprise just 8% of the total area, and most forests grow on more or less wet soil. Most widespread are pine forests (65%), spruce forests cover 16% of the total forest area, aspen cover 10%, birch 8% and alder 1%. Nest-boxes were provided in mature pine and spruce stands with small admixture of birches (pines 120–130, spruces 80–100 years old), in pine and deciduous mixed forests (70–80 years old), deciduous and spruce mixed forests, black alder stands (70–80 years old), and in young and submature pine and deciduous forests (20–50 years old, with pines, birches, spruces and aspens)

 

Species
Species Parus major; Ficedual hypoleuca (very rarely: Common redstart, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Crested Tit and Eurasian Wryneck) 
Start year 1979
End year NA
Continuous collection of data Yes
Gap years no
Longest data collection 40
Parental ID's recorded Yes
List of basic breeding data collected Laying date, clutch and brood size, incubation success and nestling survival rate
Description of the protocols for breeding data collection NA
Description of the protocols for taking individual level measurements Bairlein et. al. 1995. Manual of Field Methods European-African Songbird migration network. Wilhelmshaven. 32 p.
Experimental manipulations Yes - in 1984, 1986
Description of experimental manipulations Clutch size manipulation
Predation events recorded Yes
How are second clutches recorded? Based on identity of female

 

Catching data
Individual data Yes
Type of individual data Age, immigration status, size (wing length, 8 primary feather length (F8), weight, leg); plumage Drost scores, fat and muscle score, parasites (Hippoboscidae: Ornithomyinae 2011-13, 2016)..
Feeding data no
Type of feeding data NA
Other catching data No
Roosting checks No
Winter ringing No
Colour rings No
Tags No
Other No

 

Genetic data
Blood samples No
Feather samples Yes
Other samples NA
Samples analysed Yes, Lehtonen et. al. 2012. 

 

Environmental data
Food availability data No
Temperature data Temperatures  of  April and  temperatures and  precipitation  of May, June, July - data from the Olonets Weather Station (25 km northeast of the Mayachino Station)
Rainfall data Temperatures  of  April and  temperatures and  precipitation  of May, June, July - data from the Olonets Weather Station (25 km northeast of the Mayachino Station)
Other environmental data NA