ArticleBiology open2019
Does the use of nest materials in a ground-nesting bird result from a compromise between the risk of egg overheating and camouflage?
Article in Biology open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- Tracing Human Footprint in Bird Nests: Plastic Occurrence and Drivers in the Long-Legged Buzzard (Ecology and evolution · 2026Article
- Adaptive variation in avian eggshell gas conductance and structure across elevational gradients?eLife · 2026Article
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- 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
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Abstract
Many studies addressing the use of nest materials by animals have focused on only one factor to explain its function. However, the consideration of more than one factor could explain the apparently maladaptive choice of nest materials that make nests conspicuous to predators. We experimentally tested whether there is a trade-off in the use of nest materials between the risks of egg predation versus protection from overheating. We studied the ground-nesting Kentish plover,
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