[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "TROPHIC ECOLOGY OF SHORT-TOED TREECREEPER’S CERTHIA BRACHYDACTYLA (BREHM, 1820) NESTLING IN THE SUBURBAN AREA OF ELHARRACH (ALGERIA)",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Boulaouad",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Ailam",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Daoudi-Hacini",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Doumandji.",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2018]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "28",
  "issue": "1",
  "page": "321-326",
  "DOI": "NA",
  "abstract": "<p>In this paper we are studing the diet composition of the short-toed treecreeper&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Certhia brachydactyla</em>&nbsp;(Brehm, 1820) nestling in the suburban area of El Harrach (Algeria). The diet analysis is based on examining fecal sacs which were carried out by parents and placed on the bark of&nbsp;<em>Washingtonia robusta</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Jacaranda mimosifolia</em> near the nest during the breeding season 2014/2015. Fecal sacs were collected and treated separately in 70% alcohol to identify prey-species. In total, 277 items, representing 66 prey-species were identified from the collected fecal sacs of short-toed treecreeper nestling. The relative abundance index revealed that the insects were dominants with 67.15%, followed by arachnids 27.44%, Gastrapoda 3.61% and the other classes were poorly represented. Regarding the order of the different class-preys, the diet consisted predominantly of Araneae with (27.44%), followed by Coleoptera (24.91%) and Hymenoptera (18.05%). For the prey size, it varied from 1 mm to 15 mm with an average of 4.33&plusmn;0.13 mm. And the most represented prey measuring was between [2,55-4,11 mm].</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=2018-JAPS-38"
}]