General Information
Data owner Wendt Müller, Arne Iserbyt
Contact wendt.muller@uantwerpen.be
Institution Behavioural Ecology and Ecophysiology Group, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Conditions of use/Licence Upon request
Data available via pipeline Yes
Quality check of the original data Data distribution checks (histograms), manual checks during data entry, ringID cross-validated with tagID.

 

Study site
Name Peerdbos West, Belgium
Size (ha) 44
Major site changes No
Latitude 51° 16.30' N
Latitude 4° 28.80' E
Number of nest boxes (min) 178
Number of nest boxes (max) 178
Vegetation Type Deciduous, mainly oak and beach
Description of study site Continuous deciduous forest (over 300 ha), plus some nearby private parks.

 

Species
Species Parus major, Cyanistes caeruleus
Start year 2015
End year 2019
Continuous collection of data Yes
Gap years NA
Longest data collection 5
Parental ID's recorded Yes
List of basic breeding data collected Laying date, Clutch size, Brood size, Hatch date, Number fledglings
Description of the protocols for breeding data collection Collected during regular checks of nest building activity, incubation and provisioning behaviour.
Description of the protocols for taking individual level measurements Always caught at the nest during winter (roosting), incubation or nestling stage. See Iserbyt et al. 2019, Scientific Reports 9:27776.
Experimental manipulations Yes
Description of experimental manipulations Short-term (1 day) manipulation of brood size (2016, N = 20) and nest box temperature (2017, N = 35) during early nestling stage. Long-term manipulation of male feather clipping (2017, N=20).
Predation events recorded No
How are second clutches recorded? Second or replacement clutches were not monitored.

 

Catching data
Individual data Yes
Type of individual data Age, body mass, tarsus length, breath rate, blood sample, 2nd outer tail feather (CORT), >5 breast feathers, provisioning data (PIT)
Feeding data Yes
Type of feeding data Nest visits (RFID) and prey sizes (video analyses)
Other catching data NA
Roosting checks Yes
Winter ringing Yes
Colour rings No
Tags Yes (RFID)
Other Incubation behaviour (RFID + Hissing).

 

Genetic data
Blood samples Yes
Feather samples Yes
Other samples Nestling faeces and tail feathers
Samples analysed Yes

 

Environmental data
Food availability data No
Temperature data ICOS, Brasschaat
Rainfall data ICOS, Brasschaat
Other environmental data NA