Composition of wild bird nests in urban and peri-urban parks of center of the state of Veracruz, Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.47808/revistabioagro.v6i2.Especial.209Keywords:
anthropization, birds, choice of materials, nesting, urbanizationAbstract
Urbanization modifies the type and abundance of natural materials used bybirds in nesting. The anthropic materials incorporation (for human use) in the bird nest is risky for the chicks and the reproductive population’s success. In this study was assessed the composition of wild bird nests between urban and periurban parks of Xalapa and Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico. During March-July 2017, two urban and three peri-urban parks were selected in Xalapa and one urban park in Coatepec, ten inactive nests were collected per month in each park. These nests were dried and the materials separated and weighted in an analytical scale considering four criteria: plant material (MVE), material of animal origin (MOA), substrate material (MSU) and anthropic (MAN). For each type of material, the relative percentage was obtained. A two-way ANOVA (the type of material and type of park) was used to establish differences with the relative percentages transformed to square root of arcsine. A PCA analysis showed groups of the materials used. Only the nest composition was different between material types (F 3,1312 = 2637.26, P < 0.001) being the MVE and MSU mostly represented 1.28 ± 0.016 and 0.24 ± 0.016 (mean arcsine ± SE). Two components explained 93.2% of the variation. The PC1 (2.2203 eigenvalue) was related to the MOA and MAN weight, and the PC2 (1.5077 eigenvalue) with the MVE. Birds used more MVE in their nestsfor structural and lining purposes, regardless of the urban or peri-urban environment.
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