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  • 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
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    tropical bird species. We found that constancy did not differ by latitude or with nest survival rate. A