General Information | |
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Data owner | Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
Contact | TBD if we include this |
Institution | Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium |
Conditions of use/Licence | NA |
Data available via pipeline | Yes |
Quality check of the original data | Raw data are entered in the field through an app which has checks on entries and values. Data are imported into import tables into the SAS database. Brood data are checked manually. Brood and captured data are checked by a multitude of SAS scripts to check for known types of errors and incomplete data, and for conflicts with existing data in the main database. After all checks, data are added to the main database. During analyses and data delivery, data are continuously checked and cross-checked, and inconsistensies are corrected if needed. |
Study site | |
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Name | Peerdbos, Belgium |
Size (ha) | >300 |
Major site changes | No |
Latitude | 51°16.34' N |
Latitude | 4°29.31' E |
Number of nest boxes (min) | 95 |
Number of nest boxes (max) | 297 |
Vegetation Type | Deciduous |
Description of study site | Large deciduous forest (over 300 ha), plus some nearby private parks. |
Species | |
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Species | Parus major, Cyanistes caeruleus, Parus ater, Ficedula hypoleuca, Sitta europea |
Start year | 1979 |
End year | NA |
Continuous collection of data | Yes |
Gap years | NA |
Longest data collection | 40 |
Parental ID's recorded | Yes |
List of basic breeding data collected | Lay date, clutch size, brood size, number fledged |
Description of the protocols for breeding data collection | A breeding attempt is defined as any nest in which at least one egg was laid. Attempts stopped during the nest building phase are not included in the database. |
Description of the protocols for taking individual level measurements | All capture data, i.e. all occasion in which a bird is handled or its location and status as recorded by electronic devices (e.g. radio-transmitter, pit-tag, …), are collected. |
Experimental manipulations | Yes |
Description of experimental manipulations | NA |
Predation events recorded | No |
How are second clutches recorded? | Broods are given 10 classifications:
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Catching data | |
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Individual data | Yes |
Type of individual data | Capture method, Observer, Sex, Age (first-second year or older), Wing length, Tarsus length, Beak size, Weight/time, Moulting of alula in first years (new/old), Ticks and other parasites, Personalitty scores (2006-2017). |
Feeding data | Yes |
Type of feeding data | Prey size, Prey type, Prey number. See Nour et al. 1998. Oecologia 114: 522-530 |
Other catching data | Number of dead nestlings, Number of unhatched eggs, Laying interruptions |
Roosting checks | Yes |
Winter ringing | Yes |
Colour rings | Yes |
Tags | Yes (RFID) |
Other | Wing feather damage in parent birds (mites, holes, broken, strawfeather disease). |
Genetic data | |
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Blood samples | Yes |
Feather samples | Yes |
Other samples | NA |
Samples analysed | Yes |
Environmental data | |
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Food availability data | No |
Temperature data | KMI, Belgium |
Rainfall data | KMI, Belgium |
Other environmental data | Tree location, species, size, condition, budburst score. |