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Abstract	We chose two species of Parus that are intensively studied throughout Europe, especially for their breeding biology. The way they interact with the environment was unanimous and the findings have a wide application in fields of Ecology and classification groups of Biology. This view changes on account of some works that imply that these birds have a different relation with their environment. The objective of this thesis, apart from the description of the specific system, is to verify or reject the prevailing views on the relationship of those species with the environment. By conducting filed work we managed to determine the most important parameters of breeding from the beginning of egg laying to the day the nestling leave the nest. We studied the beginning of breeding season and discovered that both species begin their breeding simultaneously. When the breeding season is long the Great Tits have second broods. The breeding season starts earlier than in other parts of Europe due to early temperature raise (possibly through effect in food availability). The number of eggs they lay is smaller than we have expected according to the results we have so far from other studies throughout Europe. It reduces gradually for both species as season advances (the reduction is greater for the Great Tit) and at the second breeding attempt as well. Besides the negative effect of the season on the number of eggs they lay, it also negatively affects the number of nestlings that leave the nest successfully. Their final weight shows their chances of further survival (the heavier weight the better the chance). Our data show that nestlings, from the first breeding attempts, leave the nest having a lower weight in comparison with the second ones, maybe because they need it more at that time. Furthermore we studied the increase of body mass of the Great Tits throughout their stay in nest. From the body mass curves we discovered that the last hatched nestling has the smallest increase rate and less chances of survival than the rest of the siblings, due to competition owed to asynchronous hatching. The increase rate is greater in the first than in the second breeding attempt, none the less the nestlings of the second broods have greater body mass than those of the first. The number of eggs they lay is big and the breeding success is similar to those of other areas, so it seems that we observe the greatest breeding rate in Europe. Our results show that if we had tried to predict the breeding in the specific ecosystem we would have had significant divergence. Especially in the case of the Great Tits we would expect: • much less eggs • much less number of nestlings leaving the nest In other words we would expect a smaller reproductive rate than the one observed. Thus the “habitat” and the prevailing “conditions” are the best for the Great Tits breeding in Europe.
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