Offspring thermal demands and parental brooding efficiency differ for precocial birds living in contrasting climates

Offspring thermal demands and parental brooding efficiency differ for precocial birds living in contrasting climates

Abstract Background Chicks of precocial birds hatch well-developed and can search actively for food but their homeothermy develops gradually during growth. This makes them dependent on heat provided by parents (“brooding”), which is then traded off against other activities, mainly foraging. Although...

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Main Authors: Veronika Kolešková, Miroslav E. Šálek, Kateřina Brynychová, Petr Chajma, Lucie Pešková, Esmat Elhassan, Eva Petrusová Vozabulová, Veronika Janatová, Aisha Almuhery, Martin Sládeček
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2023-04-01
Series:Frontiers in Zoology
Subjects:
Brooding
Shorebirds
Accelerometer
Multisensory datalogger
Hidden Markov models
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-023-00492-1

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s12983-023-00492-1

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