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A study of nest-site characteristics and feeding behavior on Tree sparrows bred in urban artificial structures

도심내 인공구조물에서 번식하는 참새의 둥지위치 특성과 먹이급이행동 분석

  • Jeong, Seul-Gi (Environmental Assessment Group, Korea Environment Institute) ;
  • Lee, Who-Seung (Environmental Assessment Group, Korea Environment Institute)
  • 정슬기 (한국환경정책.평가연구원 환경평가본부) ;
  • 이후승 (한국환경정책.평가연구원 환경평가본부)
  • Received : 2020.07.09
  • Accepted : 2020.07.22
  • Published : 2020.08.31
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Abstract

This study conducted observations at 72 traffic lights and road signs in Sejong-si, Korea from March to June 2019 in order to analyze nest-site, nest-site characteristics and feeding behavior in Tree sparrow (Passeer montanus) in urban. Feeding behavior during breeding season in 2019 was investigated at 10 Town representing traffic facilities installed on the road located in the center of the city and 10 Riverside Geumgang river's riverside road. We fitted both general linear model and regression model to our field data and estimated the spatial variation of initial date of the first feeding (i.e., being date of breeding) and the total number of caterpillar fed by parents per hour. Our results showed that the frequency of nest building on artificial structures, such as traffic lights, was about 26% higher and about 8 days earlier in the riverside. In particular, the first feeding was significantly faster when the nearest distance between nest to green field as foraging site was shorter whereas there was no significant effect of the number of nest within 50 meters on the first feeding. Number of caterpillars fed by parents was higher in the Riverside than in the Urban, and especially the number in the second brood was sharply decreased in the Urban. As we estimated average amount of caterpillars per hour to 446 traffic safety facilities in Sejong-si, it was estimated that Tree sparrows fed 18,742.8 caterpillars per hour during the breeding season. In this study, we showed that characteristics of nests built in artificial structures and feeding behavior in order to analyze effects of environmental condition in urban on life-history traits during the breeding season. Finally, we discussed the conservation of birds in urban and pest control effects.

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