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Nest-box temperature affects clutch size, incubation initiation, and nestling health in great tits

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  • Josefa Bleu
  • Simon Agostini
  • Clotilde Biard

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Lay Summary Seasonal organisms use temperature as a cue in reproductive decisions, but the role of climate change is not yet clear. Here, an experimental increase in temperature during laying in a small passerine bird reveals that heated females adjusted their incubation behavior and the number of eggs laid, and produced nestlings of equal condition over the season, unlike control females. A small temperature increase may therefore influence breeding strategy and offspring phenotype.

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  • Josefa Bleu & Simon Agostini & Clotilde Biard, 2017. "Nest-box temperature affects clutch size, incubation initiation, and nestling health in great tits," Behavioral Ecology, International Society for Behavioral Ecology, vol. 28(3), pages 793-802.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:beheco:v:28:y:2017:i:3:p:793-802.
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    1. Norbert Brunner & Manfred Kühleitner & Katharina Renner-Martin, 2021. "Bertalanffy-Pütter models for avian growth," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(4), pages 1-18, April.

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