ArticleEcology and evolution2018
Latitudinal variation in biophysical characteristics of avian eggshells to cope with differential effects of solar radiation.
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- Matching Multiple Backgrounds: Egg Camouflage Across Different Habitats in a Shorebird.Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
- Foot darkening with age inPeerJ · 2024Article
- Effect of light intensity in the nest site on eggshell pigmentation in a hole-nesting passerine.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- How much calcium to shell out? Eggshell calcium carbonate content is greater in birds with thinner shells, larger clutches and longer lifespans.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2021Article
- Altitudinal Heterogeneity of UV Adaptation inJournal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Egg recognition: The importance of quantifying multiple repeatable features as visual identity signals.PloS one · 2021Article
- Avian egg and nestling detection in the wild: should we rely on visual models or behavioural experiments?Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2020Article
- A method to determine the combined effects of climate change (temperature and humidity) and eggshell thickness on water loss from bird eggs.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2020Article
- The global distribution of avian eggshell colours suggest a thermoregulatory benefit of darker pigmentation.Nature ecology & evolution · 2020Article
- Climate Predicts UV Floral Pattern Size, Anthocyanin Concentration, and Pollen Performance inFrontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Does the use of nest materials in a ground-nesting bird result from a compromise between the risk of egg overheating and camouflage?Biology open · 2019Article
- Unscrambling variation in avian eggshell colour and patterning in a continent-wide study.Royal Society open science · 2019Article
- Latitudinal variation in biophysical characteristics of avian eggshells to cope with differential effects of solar radiation.Ecology and evolution · 2018Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Solar radiation is an important driver of animal coloration, not only because of the effects of coloration on body temperature but also because coloration may protect from the deleterious effects of UV radiation. Indeed, dark coloration may protect from UV, but may increase the risk of overheating. In addition, the effect of coloration on thermoregulation should change with egg size, as smaller eggs have higher surface-volume ratios and greater convective coefficients than larger eggs, so that small eggs can dissipate heat quickly. We tested whether the reflectance of eggshells, egg spottiness, and egg size of the ground-nesting Kentish plover
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