incubation Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Coordination breeds success

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-08-24T00:10:40+00:0022 Aug 2024|change-over, coordination, crypsis, incubation, nest exchange ritual, parental care, parental cooperation, shorebirds, vocalisations, waders|

Quick but vocal nest relief rituals in cryptically incubating Semipalmated Sandpipers

Sleep tight, don’t let the nest bugs bite

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-06-13T01:25:24+00:0013 Jun 2024|botflies, Caribbean, ectoparasitism, incubation, myiasis, nestlings, parasite-host interactions|

Ectoparasitism in Hispaniolan Woodpeckers is influenced by life-stage and sex

Body condition and reproduction in declining diving ducks

By Dorota Gajdošová|2023-05-01T14:50:17+00:001 May 2023|avian biology, breeding biology, breeding success, colour ringing/banding, eggs, fieldwork, IBIS, incubation, nesting success, parasitism, physiology, population dynamics, population structure, waterbirds|

Increased body condition affects duck egg mass and hatchability

Male dotterels take the night shift

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-04-19T14:46:22+00:0020 Apr 2023|behaviour, bio-logging, Breeding, incubation, nest recording, parental care, thermoregulation|

Why do males spend more time on the nest at night?

Avian embryos react to predators

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-07-11T14:47:25+00:0014 Jul 2022|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, Breeding, communication, eggs, experiment, incubation, nest predation, shorebirds, vocalisations|

Testing the effects of several predator-related cues on two shorebird species.

Bird odour: camouflage or communication?

By Marc Gilles|2022-03-08T18:25:16+00:0014 Mar 2022|avian biology, breeding biology, camouflage, communication, early career, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, evolution, incubation, nest predation, nesting success, pair communications, physiology, plumage, reproductive signalling, smell|

Investigating the olfactory functions of preen oil in birds

The many onsets of incubation

By David Diez-Mendez|2021-05-07T09:59:29+00:0010 May 2021|eggs, incubation, nest monitoring, nestlings, temperature|

Does higher ambient temperature advance incubation?

Parent-offspring conflict in Leach’s Storm-Petrels

By Lisa Elliot|2021-02-26T17:15:36+00:004 Mar 2021|eggs, feathers, incubation, island birds, Seabirds, storm-petrels, trade-offs|

Identifying a trade-off between self-maintenance and incubation

Ambient temperature and incubation effort

By Riccardo Ton|2021-02-19T13:20:55+00:0022 Feb 2021|incubation, incubation attentiveness, parental care, temperature|

Reduced incubation time in hotter environments: saving energy or preventing hyperthermia?

Does testosterone make for bad fathers?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-02-11T08:27:42+00:0011 Feb 2021|antipredator behaviour, behaviour, incubation, nesting|

Japanese Barn Swallows might be an exception to the rule.