MORPHOMETRIC VARIATION AND POPULATION RELATIONSHIPS OF KRUPER'S NUTHATCH (SITTA KRUEPERI) IN TURKEY

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Albayrak T., Besnard A., ERDOĞAN A.

WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY, cilt.123, sa.4, ss.734-740, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 123 Sayı: 4
  • Basım Tarihi: 2011
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1676/11-036.1
  • Dergi Adı: WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.734-740
  • Akdeniz Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

We studied the population relationships of Kruper's Nuthatch (Sofa krueperi) by capturing 82 individuals using mist nets in six different areas in Turkey during the breeding season, from March to June 2005-2008. Forty-one different morphometric characters were measured. Morphometric characters measured ((x) over bar - SD) were: body mass = 13.11 +/- 0.88 g, wing length = 74.79 +/- 2.35 mm, bill length = 17.65 +/- 0.76 mm, and tarsus length = 19.10 +/- 0.93 mm, respectively. A stepwise discriminant analysis of four populations retained seven statistically significant measurements: body mass, wing length, length of P 8, alula. bill height, back nail, and left nail. These analyses allowed discrimination among populations. The population in the Aladaglar Mountains differed from others even though it overlapped with the population in the Lutfi Buyuk Yildiri m Research Forest, and marginally with the population at Kartalkaya Mountain. Cross validation for the other three populations confirmed large overlap in morphometric characteristics although the population at the Lutfi Buyuk Yildirim Research Forest seemed to be intermediate between populations at Aladaglar Mountains and in the Kazdaglari Mountain-Kartalkaya Mountain complex. Received 12 February 2011. Accepted 12 June 2011.

We studied the population relationships of Kruper's Nuthatch (Sofa krueperi) by capturing 82 individuals using mist nets in six different areas in Turkey during the breeding season, from March to June 2005-2008. Forty-one different morphometric characters were measured. Morphometric characters measured ((x) over bar - SD) were: body mass = 13.11 +/- 0.88 g, wing length = 74.79 +/- 2.35 mm, bill length = 17.65 +/- 0.76 mm, and tarsus length = 19.10 +/- 0.93 mm, respectively. A stepwise discriminant analysis of four populations retained seven statistically significant measurements: body mass, wing length, length of P 8, alula. bill height, back nail, and left nail. These analyses allowed discrimination among populations. The population in the Aladaglar Mountains differed from others even though it overlapped with the population in the Lutfi Buyuk Yildiri m Research Forest, and marginally with the population at Kartalkaya Mountain. Cross validation for the other three populations confirmed large overlap in morphometric characteristics although the population at the Lutfi Buyuk Yildirim Research Forest seemed to be intermediate between populations at Aladaglar Mountains and in the Kazdaglari Mountain-Kartalkaya Mountain complex. Received 12 February 2011. Accepted 12 June 2011.