<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

<p>The diet spectrum of the great tit (<italic>Parus major</italic> L., 1758) was studied in transformed forests of northeastern Ukraine. Four forest ecosystems were surveyed: four model sites in oak woodlands and in a pine–oak forest with different stages of recreational digression. Forty-seven taxa of invertebrates (n = 325) were detected in the ration of great tit chicks. Insecta (72.4%): Lepidoptera (seven families, 35.9%), Hymenoptera (two families, 21.0%), Diptera (seven families, 2.7%) and Coleoptera (four families, 1.8%) were among them. In terms of the qualitative composition of invertebrates (20 species, 42.6%) and the proportion of seized food objects (159 objects), phytophages prevailed. The food composition of great tit chicks was the most similar in territories MS1 and MS4. It contained six common taxa for these territories (Stugren–Radulescu Index = 0.7, Jaccard = 0.2, S<italic>o</italic>rensen = 0.3).</p>
</abstract>

The diet spectrum of the great tit (Parus major L., 1758) was studied in transformed forests of northeastern Ukraine. Four forest ecosystems were surveyed: four model sites in oak woodlands and in a pine–oak forest with different stages of recreational digression. Forty-seven taxa of invertebrates (n = 325) were detected in the ration of great tit chicks. Insecta (72.4%): Lepidoptera (seven families, 35.9%), Hymenoptera (two families, 21.0%), Diptera (seven families, 2.7%) and Coleoptera (four families, 1.8%) were among them. In terms of the qualitative composition of invertebrates (20 species, 42.6%) and the proportion of seized food objects (159 objects), phytophages prevailed. The food composition of great tit chicks was the most similar in territories MS1 and MS4. It contained six common taxa for these territories (Stugren–Radulescu Index = 0.7, Jaccard = 0.2, Sorensen = 0.3).

Great Tits’, <italic>Parus major</italic> (Passeriformes, Turdidae), Diet in Transformed Forest Ecosystems of Northeastern Ukraine

H. S. Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University

Ekológia (Bratislava)

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Great Tits’,  (Passeriformes, Turdidae), Diet in Transformed Forest Ecosystems of Northeastern Ukraine

The diet spectrum of the great tit (Parus major L., 1758) was studied in transformed forests of northeastern Ukraine. Four forest ecosystems were surveyed:...

Great Tits’, Parus major (Passeriformes, Turdidae), Diet in Transformed Forest Ecosystems of Northeastern Ukraine

Published Online: Dec 23, 2021

Page range: 392 - 400

Received: Sep 11, 2020

Accepted: Feb 13, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2021-0041

Keywords
diet, zoophages, phytophages, saprophages, necrophages, mixophages

© 2021 Diana Yuzyk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Great Tits’, Parus major (Passeriformes, Turdidae), Diet in Transformed Forest Ecosystems of Northeastern Ukraine

Published Online: Dec 23, 2021

Page range: 392 - 400

Received: Sep 11, 2020

Accepted: Feb 13, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/eko-2021-0041

Keywordsdiet, zoophages, phytophages, saprophages, necrophages, mixophages

© 2021 Diana Yuzyk et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
diet, zoophages, phytophages, saprophages, necrophages, mixophages