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Clutch And Egg Size Variation, And Productivity Of The House Sparrow (Passer Domesticus): Effects Of Temperature, Rainfall, And Humidity, Azi̇z Aslan, Mustafa Yavuz
Clutch And Egg Size Variation, And Productivity Of The House Sparrow (Passer Domesticus): Effects Of Temperature, Rainfall, And Humidity, Azi̇z Aslan, Mustafa Yavuz
Turkish Journal of Zoology
This study was conducted on the campus of the regional department of the forestry service, encompassing 2.25 ha in Antalya city center. The area has gardens and is surrounded by trees, providing nesting and feeding opportunities for many songbird species. The study aimed to determine clutch and egg size variation, breeding success, and productivity of the House Sparrow (Passer domesticus), in terms of clutch size and breeding attempts, and to evaluate variation in temperature, rainfall, and humidity in terms of breeding attempts and years, and their possible effects on given parameters of the species. In total, 2016 eggs were laid …