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Plantas aromáticas em ninhos de Chapim-azul - a "hipótese de protecção do ninho" revisitada

Authors: Pires, Bárbara Afonso;

Plantas aromáticas em ninhos de Chapim-azul - a "hipótese de protecção do ninho" revisitada

Abstract

A "hipótese de protecção do ninho" é uma das teorias que explica porque algumas aves utilizam plantas aromáticas no ninho: as plantas aromáticas possuem compostos secundários que matam ou repelem os parasitas que habitam o ninho de algumas aves com o intuito de se alimentarem das crias. Para confirmar este comportamento, 26 caixas-ninho ocupadas por Chapim­azul (Cyanistes caeruleus) foram estudados durante a época de reprodução de 2009 no Parque Florestal de Monsanto, tendo as plantas aromáticas neles presentes sido identificadas. Foi efectuado um estudo da flora aromática com o intuito de inventariar e identificar as espécies existentes nas áreas de nidificação. No final, os resultados do estudo permitiram verificar que ninhos com plantas aromáticas apresentavam taxas de sobrevivência superiores às registadas nos ninhos sem plantas aromáticas; as 2 plantas aromáticas mais influentes nas taxas de sobrevivência das crias foram Calamintha baetica e Dittrichia viscosa.- ABSTRACT: The 'nest protection hypothesis' is a theory that explains why some birds use aromatic plants in their nests- these plants have secondary compounds that kill or repel parasites that live in the nests with the purpose of feeding on the nestlings. To confirm this behavior, 26 nest boxes occupied by Blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) were studied during the breeding season of 2009 at 'Parque Florestal de Monsanto' and aromatic plants found in the nests were identified. Aromatic plants present in the study area were also identified. ln the end, the results show that nests with aromatic plants had higher survival rates than nests without aromatic plants; the 2 aromatic plant species that were the most influential in the nestlings' survival rates were Calamintha baetica and Dittrichia viscosa.

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