All birds construct nests in which to lay eggs and/or raise offspring. Traditionally, it was
thought that natural selection and the requirement to minimize the risk of predation …

Avian nests are critical for successful reproduction in birds. Nest microclimate can affect egg
development, chick growth and fledgling success, suggesting that nest building behavior …

Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction/SJ Reynolds & DC Deeming--The fossil
record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation/DC Deeming--Nest construction …

The size of a bird's nest can play a key role in ensuring reproductive success and is
determined by a variety of factors. The primary function of the nest is to protect offspring from …

Innovations in nest design are thought to be one potential factor in the evolutionary success
of passerine birds (order: Passeriformes), which colonized new ecological niches as they …

Nest structure is thought to provide benefits that have fitness consequences for several taxa.
Traditionally, reduced nest predation has been considered the primary benefit underlying …

Aim The laying of eggs and the building of a nest structure to accommodate them are two of
the defining characteristics of members of the class Aves. Nest structures vary considerably …

Systems of randomly packed, macroscopic elements, from jammed spherical grains to
tangled long filaments, represent a broad class of disordered meta-materials with a wide …

The evolution of behaviour can both influence, and be influenced by, morphology. Recent
advances in methods and data availability have facilitated broad-scale investigations of …

The evolution of nest site use and nest architecture in the non-avian ancestors of birds
remains poorly understood because nest structures do not preserve well as fossils …