Open AccessLichens in birds nest construction of chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)
Author(s) -
T. Yu. Tolpysheva
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
socialʹno-èkologičeskie tehnologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2500-2961
DOI - 10.31862/2500-2961-2019-9-1-113-120
Subject(s) - thallus , lichen , epiphyte , nest (protein structural motif) , ecology , biology , abundance (ecology) , botany , biochemistry
Chaffinch used epiphytic foliose lichen Hypogymnia physodes for construction of nest. The living fragments of thallus were tenuously attached by their lower black surface to the outward side of the birds nest. Abundance of this species on the trees around the bird’s nest of chaffinch showed that lichen was used for camouflage of birds’ nest. In addition single thallus fragments of foliose lichen Parmelia sulcata were used with this purpose too.