nesting success Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

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

Modelling suitable vulture breeding areas on Sardinia

By Fiammetta Berlinguer|2021-09-30T13:02:22+00:0027 Sep 2021|Bayesian modelling, birds of prey, habitat selection, IBIS, nesting, nesting success, reproduction, scavengers, soaring birds, vultures|

Bayesian hierarchical modelling identifies predictors of reproductive success in Griffon Vultures

Baked eggs in a changing climate

By Simon C. Griffith|2021-08-17T18:59:54+00:0023 Aug 2021|arid zone, behaviour, climate change, eggs, nesting success|

Two species suffer catastrophic embryo mortality in recent heatwaves

Painted Stork nesting dangerously low

By Abdul Jamil Urfi|2021-07-09T12:14:42+00:005 Jul 2021|bird-human interactions, colonial birds, nest monitoring, nesting, nesting success|

Is people’s protective attitude really a factor at Kokkare Bellur (South India)?

Nesting strategies in Iceland

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2021-01-27T20:44:25+00:0028 Jan 2021|breeding success, nesting success, predation|

Should shorebirds conceal their nest in the vegetation or not?

What is happening at the nest?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-12-15T12:39:12+00:0030 Jul 2020|breeding success, cameras, monitoring, nesting success, News|

Deducing nest survival with different monitoring schemes and cameras.

Fire and ice increase nest success

By Krista N Oswald|2020-12-15T12:59:45+00:0011 May 2020|nest predation, nesting success|

Cape Rockjumper nest survival is associated with recent fire and cooler temperatures

Do back-pack transmitters affect breeding performance?

By Robert J. Burnside|2020-12-15T14:38:59+00:0010 Feb 2020|nesting success, News, satellite tracking, tracking|

No effect of back-pack transmitters on breeding performance in a migratory bustard

Big Brother is watching who?

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2020-10-11T20:13:24+00:0016 May 2019|awards, BOU, Breeding, cameras, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, nesting success, News|

Use of cameras provides insights into nest survival of Snowy Plovers

Conspecific brood parasitism in Prothonotary Warblers

By Anna Tucker|2020-12-21T18:18:02+00:0030 Jul 2018|breeding biology, brood parasitism, fledglings, Genetics, nest monitoring, nesting, nesting success, News|

Parasites or orphans? What are the costs of raising additional, unrelated chicks?