Phenotypic constraints at the top of the world: an Arctic songbird faces the cumulative cost of maintaining a winter-like phenotype during breeding

Phenotypic constraints at the top of the world: an Arctic songbird faces the cumulative cost of maintaining a winter-like phenotype during breeding

Among birds, several body composition traits typically decrease in size or mass during breeding likely as a result of competing demands during this critical life history stage. However, a recent outdoor captive study in an Arctic-breeding cold-specialist songbird (snow buntings – Plectrophenax nival...

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Main Authors: Audrey Le Pogam, Ryan S. O’Connor, Oliver P. Love, Kevin G. Young, Justine Drolet, Lyette Régimbald, Gabrielle Roy, Francis Robitaille, Dominique Berteaux, Andrew Tam, François Vézina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Arctic birds
body composition
breeding
carry-over
cold acclimatization
life history stages
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2024.1369761/full

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