Jasmina Mužinić
Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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Journal of Ornithology | 2009
Jasmina Mužinić; Jasenka Ferber Bogdan; Bruce M. Beehler
The prayer book The Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, known as The Farnese Hours, was illustrated by the Croatian miniaturist, Julije Klović, between 1539 and 1546 in Rome. In this masterpiece of Renaissance miniature art, Klović drew in colour a bird of paradise. In 2001, the pictured bird was determined to be a Raggiana Bird of Paradise, Paradisaea raggiana P. L. Sclater 1873. Our later determination shows that it is actually a Greater Bird of Paradise Paradisaea apoda (Linnaeus 1758) and the first drawing of this species in colour in Europe. Klović’s model for the Greater Bird of Paradise was one of the first trade skins of birds of paradise that, from 1522, had been arriving in Europe. Revision of the early drawings of the birds of paradise species in Europe, relevant to the Klović drawing model, has also been carried out and is discussed.
International Studies on Sparrows | 2014
Jasmina Mužinić; Dragica Purger; Jenő J. Purger
Abstract The breeding range of the Spanish sparrow, Passer hispaniolensis, in Croatia is rapidly expanding. We studied the size of the nesting population and selection of nest site in an area partially included in the Krka National Park. Our results confirm that between 2004 and 2007 in the wider area of the Krka National Park the Spanish sparrow had occupied new localities, and that the number of 160 pairs recorded in 2003 had more than doubled (300–350) by 2007. In the study area, Spanish sparrows nest most commonly in the canopies of introduced planted trees (e.g. Morus alba, Platanus occidentalis, Populus nigra cv. italica). This strategy, with a good access to and diversity of potential nesting sites, enables a further expansion of the species.
Ardeola | 2015
Jenő J. Purger; Eduard Kletečki; Balázs Trócsányi; Jasmina Mužinić; Gabriella L. Széles; József Lanszki
Summary. Predation may cause important losses to the biodiversity of small islands. In this study we analysed the predation pressure on clutches of nesting birds in two islands of the Zadar Archipelago, Olib and Silba, which belong to an Important Bird Area (IBA) in Croatia. We paid special attention to introduced mammals: black rats Rattus rattus and feral domestic cats Felis silvestris catus. In May 2009, we carried out a study with artificial ground and bush nests. One quail egg and a plasticine egg of similar size were placed in each nest. On Olib, the daily survival rate of quail eggs in ground nests (0.92) was similar to that of nests located in shrubs (0.93), whereas on Silba the daily survival rates of quail eggs in ground (0.94) and shrub nests (0.86) were significantly different. We used the marks left on the plasticine eggs to identify nest predators. Many eggs in shrub nests (40% on Olib and 70% on Silba) were predated by hooded crows Corvus cornix. In ground nests on Olib, 43% of eggs were predated by hooded crows and small mammals, mainly black rats. On Silba Island, eggs in 33% of the ground nests were damaged by the above predators and also by the Montpellier snake Malpolon monspessulanus. Contrary to our expectations, feral cats were not found to be egg predators on either of the islands.
Acrocephalus | 2008
Jasmina Mužinić; Jenő J. Purger
Periodicum Biologorum | 1998
Antonieta Požar-Domac; Tatjana Bakran-Petricioli; Petar Filipić; Andrej Jaklin; Nenad Leder; Jasmina Mužinić; Goran Olujić; Armin Pallaoro; Gorenka Sinovčić; Ante Smirčić; Ivo Šimunović; Višnja Šojat; Sonja Vidič; Marko Vučetić; Višnjica Vučetić; Elvis Zahtila; Dušan Zavodnik; Nevenka Zavodnik
North-Western Journal of Zoology | 2015
József Lanszki; Eduard Kletečki; Balázs Trócsányi; Jasmina Mužinić; Gabriella L. Széles; Jenő J. Purger
Acrocephalus | 2007
Jasmina Mužinić; Jenő J. Purger
Natura Croatica : Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici | 2009
Eduard Kletečki; József Lanszki; Balász Trócsányi; Jasmina Mužinić; Jenő J. Purger
Acrocephalus | 2008
Jenő J. Purger; Jasmina Mužinić
Acrocephalus | 2007
Jasmina Mužinić; Jenő J. Purger