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ArticleConservation physiology2021

Dehydration risk is associated with reduced nest attendance and hatching success in a cooperatively breeding bird, the southern pied babbler

Amanda R Bourne, Amanda R Ridley, Andrew E McKechnie, Claire N Spottiswoode, Susan J Cunningham

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Article in Conservation physiology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
4.2field-weighted citation impact, top 6% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Classifying avian drinking behaviour: ecological insights and implications in a changing world.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2026
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  8. Hot and dry conditions predict shorter nestling telomeres in an endangered songbird: Implications for population persistence.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2022
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  9. Helpers don't help when it's hot in a cooperatively breeding bird, the Southern Pied Babbler.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Amanda R BourneFitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
Amanda R RidleyFitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
Andrew E McKechnieSouth African Research Chair in Conservation Physiology, South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria 0184, South Africa.
Claire N SpottiswoodeFitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
Susan J CunninghamFitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DSI-NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Private Bag X3, Rondebosch 7701, South Africa.
University of Cape Town · ZASouth African National Biodiversity Institute · ZAUniversity of Cambridge · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

High air temperatures have measurable negative impacts on reproduction in wild animal populations, including during incubation in birds. Understanding the mechanisms driving these impacts requires comprehensive knowledge of animal physiology and behaviour under natural conditions. We used a novel combination of a non-invasive doubly labelled water (DLW) technique, nest temperature data and field-based behaviour observations to test effects of temperature, rainfall and group size on physiology and behaviour during incubation in southern pied babblers

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Climate changecooperative breedinghigh temperaturesincubationparental caresouthern pied babbler

Identifiers

PMID34150211
PMCPMC8208672
OpenAlexW3172613023

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