Berzciems

Study
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Details

Country
Latvia
Species
Common starling
Pipeline
No
Running period
2020–Present
ID data
Colour rings
Metal rings
Individual data
Morphological measures
Parasites data
Habitat
Mixed
Genetic data
Blood samples collected
Feather samples collected
Basic breeding
Yes
Feeding at nest data
No
No data available
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General Information 
Responsible partyMartins Briedis (ORCID: 0000-0002-9434-9056)
Contactmartins.briedis@vogelwarte.ch
OrganisationUniversity of Latvia
Other team membersOskars Keišs (ORCID: 0000-0001-7206-1003)
Data availabilityno data available through SPI-Birds
Data licenseNA
FundingLatvian Council of Science. Grant Numbers: lzp-2019/1-0242 & lzp-2023/1-0233
Study site 
NameBerzciems
IDBRZ
CountryLatvia
Size (ha)60
Major site changes 
Latitude (decimal degrees N)57.2448
Longitude (decimal degrees E)23.1738
Minimum elevation (m)0
Maximum elevation (m)10
Number of nest boxes (min) 
Number of nest boxes (max) 
EUNIS habitat codeX: Habitat complexes | X25: Domestic gardens of villages and urban peripheries
Description of study site 
Data 
SpeciesCommon starling
Start year2020
End year2024
Continuous collection of dataYes
Gap years 
Longest data collection5
Taggingmetal leg ring, non-unique coloured leg rings, geolocators
Brood data collectedbrood size, clutch size, fledgling number, lay date, hatch date, clutch type
Individual data collectedage, size (weight, wing, tarsus, etc.), immigration status, parasites
Environmental data collected 
Genetic data collectedblood, feather
Experimental manipulationsyes
Description of experimental manipulations 
Other activities 

Details

Country
Latvia
Species
Common starling
Pipeline
No
Running period
2020–Present
ID data
Colour rings
Metal rings
Individual data
Morphological measures
Parasites data
Habitat
Mixed
Genetic data
Blood samples collected
Feather samples collected
Basic breeding
Yes
Feeding at nest data
No