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• Title:
  Patterns of year-to-year variation in haemoglobin and glucose concentrations in the blood of nestling Pied Flycatchers Ficedula hypoleuca
• Creator:
  Glądalski, Michał;
  Skwarska, Joanna;
  Kaliński, Adam;
  Bańbura, Mirosława;
  Markowski, Marcin;
  Wawrzyniak, Jaroslaw;
  Zieliński, Piotr;
  Bańbura, Jerzy
• Contributor:
  Glądalski Michał, Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź;
  Skwarska Joanna, Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź;
  Kaliński, Adam, Department of Teacher Training and Biological Diversity Studies, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź;
  Bańbura Mirosława, Museum of Natural History, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź;
  Markowski Marcin, Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź;
  Wawrzyniak Jarosław, Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź;
  Zieliński Piotr, Department of Ecology and Vertebrate Zoology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź;
  Bańbura Jerzy, Department of Experimental Zoology and Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology and Environmental Protection, University of Łódź;
  mglad@biol.uni.lodz.pl
• Description:
  Physiological tools can be used to identify the sources and consequences of stressors on animals. Understanding the influences of variation in habitat quality and anthropogenic disturbance on organism condition and health may improve future management and conservation. We present results concerning variation in haemoglobin and glucose concentrations in the blood of about 14-day-old nestling Pied FlycatchersFicedula hypoleuca in central Poland over a 4-year period, 2011–2014, in a deciduous forest. The most important findings of the study are: (1) the concentration of haemoglobin and glucose of the nestlings from the same brood tended to be consistently similar, with much variation occurring among broods; (2) repeatability of haemoglobin concentration was higher than repeatability of glucose concentration; (3) mean levels of haemoglobin and glucose varied among years; (4) haemoglobin and glucose concentrations were negatively correlated; and (5) there was a positive relationship between haemoglobin levels and breeding success.;
  All procedures were approved by the Local Ethical Committee and the State Office for Environment Protection. We thank A. Jaksa, D. Man´kowska, M. Janiszewska and J. Białek for their help and consent in conducting research in the areas under their administration. The study was founded by a grant from the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education No. N N304 045136 and University of Ło´dz´ (No. 506/829). We are obliged to P. Procter for linguistic consultation. We thank both reviewers for their valuable and constructive comments.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Uznanie autorstwa 3.0 Polska;
  http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl
• Date:
  2015.09.21;
  2015.03.17
• Type:
  Article
• Language:
  English
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• Relation:
  Journal of Ornithology;2015;
  156
• Subject:
  Passerine;
  Body condition;
  Physiological condition;
  Hematology;
  Breeding success
• Identifier:
  2193-7206;
  http://hdl.handle.net/11089/11874 ;
  10.1007/s10336-015-1201-x
• Data provider:
  Repozytorium Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
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