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Filtering by: Academic Affiliation Fisheries and Wildlife Decade 2010-2019 Date 2013 Subject Blackcap (Bird) -- Embryology -- Environmental aspects

Life history and environmental influences on avian incubation and parental care in songbirds

Creator:

Austin-Bythell, Suzanne H.

Abstract:

Patterns of nest attendance behavior by breeding birds represent a parent-offspring trade-off in which adults balance self-maintenance with parental care decisions. Incubation, in particular, is of interest because adults must provide an environment suitable for embryonic development through nest-building and contact-incubation. We evaluated how adult incubation constancy and nest visitation...

Resource Type:

Dissertation