The biotic and abiotic drivers of timing of breeding and the consequences of breeding early in a changing world

AO Sutton, NE Freeman - Ornithology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The decision of when to breed is an important determinant of individual fitness. However,
despite a multitude of studies investigating the intraspecific relationship between timing of …

[HTML][HTML] Fear and stressing in predator–prey ecology: considering the twin stressors of predators and people on mammals

LL Fardell, CR Pavey, CR Dickman - PeerJ, 2020 - peerj.com
Predators induce stress in prey and can have beneficial effects in ecosystems, but can also
have negative effects on biodiversity if they are overabundant or have been introduced. The …

Omega-3 fatty acids accelerate fledging in an avian marine predator: a potential role of cognition

J Lamarre, SK Cheema… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.biologists.com
Consuming omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 LCPUFAs) during development improves cognition in
mammals, but the effect remains untested in other taxa. In aquatic ecosystems, n-3 …

[HTML][HTML] Fecal DNA metabarcoding helps characterize the Canada jay's diet and confirms its reliance on stored food for winter survival and breeding

AO Sutton, D Strickland, J Lachapelle, RG Young… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Accurately determining the diet of wild animals can be challenging if food items are small,
visible only briefly, or rendered visually unidentifiable in the digestive system. In some food …

An observational analysis of Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) foraging and caching ecology in Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska, USA

KN Swift, EJ Williams… - Canadian Journal of …, 2022 - cdnsciencepub.com
Arctic and subarctic wildlife are among the most vulnerable species to climate change.
Canada Jays (Perisoreus canadensis (Linnaeus, 1776)) are generalist residents of northern …

Experimental manipulation of food availability and macroparasite prevalence reveal differential effects on space use in wild rodents

HB Brandl, S Abdu, DR Farine - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Research Highlight: Mistrick, J., Veitch, JSM, Kitchen, SM, Clague, S., Newman, BC,
Hall, RJ, Budischak, SA, Forbes, KM, & Craft, ME (2024). Effects of food supplementation …

Stable isotope evidence for a shift in diet with increasing energy demand for reproduction in squid Illex argentinus

W Song, Y Feng, D Lin, X Chen - Hydrobiologia, 2023 - Springer
Diet shifts may occur to meet the energy demands for growth and reproduction, but empirical
evidence for wild animals is lacking. We evaluated the correlation between shifts in diet and …

Supplemental feeding of insect larvae increases mass of nestling Eastern Bluebirds, but not nestling Black‐capped Chickadees

SA Dzielski, RL Bailey… - Journal of Field …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, billions of US dollars are spent annually to provide food for wild birds. The variety
of foods offered continues to diversify, yet the consequences for wildlife of this widespread …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental changes in food and ectoparasites affect dispersal timing in juvenile burrowing owls

V Garcia, CJ Conway, CP Nadeau - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Natal dispersal is a key demographic trait that affects population dynamics, and intraspecific
variation in dispersal affects gene flow among populations and source-sink dynamics …

Natal experience and pre‐breeding environmental conditions affect lay date plasticity in Savannah Sparrows

JB Burant, EW Heisey, NT Wheelwright… - Ecology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Phenotypic plasticity allows organisms to adjust the timing of life‐history events in response
to environmental and demographic conditions. Shifts by individuals in the timing of breeding …