Systematic review of avian hatching failure and implications for conservation

AF Marshall, F Balloux, N Hemmings… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Avian hatching failure is a widespread phenomenon, affecting around 10% of all eggs that
are laid and not lost to predation, damage, or desertion. Our understanding of hatching …

[图书][B] Physiological adaptations for breeding in birds

TD Williams - 2012 - books.google.com
Physiological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds is the most current and comprehensive
account of research on avian reproduction. It develops two unique themes: the consideration …

An overview of the Rallidae of Algeria with particular reference to the breeding ecology of the Purple Swamp-Hen Porphyrio porphyrio

F Samraoui, R Nedjah, AH Alfarhan… - Wetlands ecology and …, 2015 - Springer
Rallids are good biological models to monitor anthropogenic changes to wetlands. The
distribution of the Rallidae was mapped up during a survey of all major wetlands across …

Experimental (antiestrogen-mediated) reduction in egg size negatively affects offspring growth and survival

EC Wagner, TD Williams - Physiological and Biochemical …, 2007 - journals.uchicago.edu
The relationship between egg size and offspring phenotype is critical to our understanding
of the selective pressures acting on the key reproductive life-history traits of egg size and …

Drivers of resource allocation for breeding under variable environments in a bet hedger

D Oro, C Waldrep, A Bertolero… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The evolutionary theory of life histories predicts that there is a trade‐off between survival and
reproduction: since adult survival in long‐lived organisms is high, then breeding investment …

A possible case of contemporary selection leading to a decrease in sexual plumage dimorphism in a grassland-breeding shorebird

J Schroeder, PM Lourenço… - Behavioral …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
In sexually dimorphic species, males with more exaggerated plumage ornamentation
generally have higher body condition, are preferred by females, and have higher …

Aspects of the breeding ecology of the Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio in the wetland complex of Guerbes-Sanhadja, north-east Algeria

B Mouslim, MS Eddine, K Rassim, B Zihad, H Moussa - Ostrich, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The Purple Swamphen Porphyrio porphyrio is a common rail that previously was little
investigated in North Africa. From 2011 to 2013, its breeding ecology was studied at two …

[PDF][PDF] LES OISEAUX D'EAU NICHEURS DE L'ARBORETUM DU LAC TONGA (NORD-EST ALGÉRIEN).

A GHERIB, A LAZLI - Bulletin de la Société zoologique de …, 2017 - societe-zoologique.fr
L'écologie de la reproduction des oiseaux d'eau nicheurs a été étudiée entre 2013 et 2016
au niveau des parties nord (Arboretum) et nord-ouest du Lac Tonga (Nordest algérien). Les …

[PDF][PDF] Individual fitness correlates in the Black-tailed Godwit

J Schroeder - 2010 - research.rug.nl
Colorful breeding plumage ornamentation is widespread among birds. Males are often more
ornamented than females, and such sexual dimorphism may have arisen through sexual …

[PDF][PDF] ASPECTS OF THE BREEDING ECOLOGY OF THREE RALLIDAE SPECIES IN NORTHEASTERN ALGERIA.

A GHERIB, A LAZLI - Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 2016 - researchgate.net
This study provides new data on the breeding phenology of these three species of Rallidae,
in particularly Moorhen and Purple swamphen, which remain very poorly studied in North …