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ArticleRoyal Society open science2025

Small scale, elevation- and environmental-related differences in life history strategies in a temperate resident songbird.

Benjamin R Sonnenberg, Carrie L Branch, Angela M Pitera, Virginia K Heinen, Lauren E Whitenack, Joseph F Welklin, Vladimir V Pravosudov

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Article in Royal Society open science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Benjamin R SonnenbergDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4496-4269
Carrie L BranchUniversity of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4671-2420
Angela M PiteraDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6166-3639
Virginia K HeinenDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1804-3589
Lauren E WhitenackDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3031-5244
Joseph F WelklinDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7534-8795
Vladimir V PravosudovDepartment of Biology, University of Nevada Reno, Reno, NV, USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1117-7875

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Environmental drivers of within-population reproductive patterns are often hypothesized to lead to reproductive strategies tuned to local conditions. Organisms adjust energy allocation between survival and reproduction based on experience, age, lifespan and resource availability. Variation in these energetic investments can be described as different demographic tactics which are expected to optimize the fitness of local populations. These ideas are largely supported by both empirical and model-based studies but research identifying specific strategies and their corresponding environmental drivers within wild populations remains rare. Using 12 years of data, we investigated reproductive investment strategies in a relatively short-lived resident songbird, the mountain chickadee (

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chickadeesdemographic tacticselevationenvironmental differenceslife history strategyreproductive variation

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PMCPMC11961253

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