In the current era of rapid climate change, populations are facing environments in which
food availability can quickly decline or become highly unpredictable. These conditions may …

How do parents recognize their offspring when the cost of making a recognition error is high
[1–3]? Avian brood parasite-host systems have been used to address this question because …

Identifying nest predators is of fundamental importance to understanding avian breeding
ecology and can contribute to identifying broadscale nest-predation patterns. We reviewed …

Many forest and woodland birds are threatened by landscape modifications and predation,
particularly nest predation. Nest predation affects a critical stage in avian life histories, which …

Body size evolution is generally framed by the benefits of being large, while costs are largely
overlooked. An important putative cost of being large is the need to extend development …

Much interest lies in the identification of manageable habitat variables that affect key vital
rates for species of concern. For ground‐nesting birds, vegetation surrounding the nest may …

Background The turtle dove is a migratory species that has suffered a rapid decline
principally across its Northern ranges, despite pronounced conservation measures …

Brood survival as an expression of breeding success is a component of bird fitness and the
principal parameter underlying bird population dynamics. The main factor limiting brood …

In this study we analyse factors affecting nest survival in Blue-fronted Parrots Amazona
aestiva breeding in the Chaco region of northern Argentina. We combined temporal and …

Prenatal imitative learning is an emerging research area in both human and non-human
animals. Previous studies in Superb Fairywrens (Malurus cyaneus) showed that mothers are …