reproduction Archives - British Ornithologists' Union

Big advantages at low elevations for resident Red Kites

By Stephanie Witczak|2024-10-28T09:44:26+00:0028 Oct 2024|breeding success, early-career researcher, Migration, reproduction|

Can we explain increasing residency in Swiss Red Kites by examining reproduction?

Moving swiftly on…

By Ashleigh Marshall (she/her)|2024-09-23T00:15:20+00:0019 Sep 2024|Apodidae, breeding biology, breeding tactics, genomics, microsatellite, reproduction|

Genetic analyses do not support multi-season sexual monogamy in American Black Swifts

Sex roles and sex ratios

By Tamás Székely|2023-11-20T09:31:54+00:0020 Nov 2023|Breeding, breeding biology, reproduction, sexual dimorphism, shorebirds|

What do shorebirds teach us about the evolution of breeding systems?

What variable to choose?

By Krista Oswald|2023-11-13T09:13:17+00:0013 Nov 2023|adaptation, Africa, climate, climate change, monitoring, physiology, reproduction|

Implications of variable choice when estimating vulnerability to climate change

The secret life of cowbird couples

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2023-07-15T11:47:25+00:0010 Aug 2023|behaviour, brood parasitism, life history, reproduction|

Are Screaming Cowbirds socially monogamous?

Camelthorns and Blackthorns vital for Babblers

By Kim-Kelly Hunt|2023-07-11T09:54:40+00:0017 Jul 2023|Africa, ecology, foraging, passerines, reproduction|

Southern Pied Babbler reproduction possibly decoupled from rainfall and rather cued by tree resources

Does increased density reduce reproduction?

By Rimgaudas Treinys|2023-01-23T12:14:04+00:0030 Jan 2023|birds of prey, Breeding, breeding biology, displacement, ecology, fieldwork, nesting, nesting success, nestlings, population dynamics, population structure, raptors, reproduction|

No support for decreased reproduction with a population increase in the White-tailed Eagle

Fidelity or divorce? The dilemma of Jaegers

By Yannick Seyer|2022-12-05T12:01:41+00:008 Dec 2022|adult survival, annual cycle, breeding biology, colour ringing/banding, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, fieldwork, IBIS, life history, mark‐recapture, monitoring, mortality, movements, pair-bond, phenotypic variation, population dynamics, reproduction, Seabirds, site fidelity, Tundra|

How faithful are Arctic migratory seabirds to mates and breeding sites?

Selecting the best tree hole

By Jente Ottenburghs (he/him)|2022-11-09T16:01:12+00:0017 Nov 2022|bird communities, Breeding, cavity nesting, forest birds, nesting, reproduction|

How do birds decide on a cavity to nest in?

Blue Manakins nest near “nest-like” structures

By Paulo Zima|2022-10-25T13:37:11+00:0017 Oct 2022|adaptation, avian biology, behaviour, Breeding, camouflage, early-career researcher, ecology, ECR, endemic, evolution, forest birds, IBIS, Neotropics, nest predation, nesting material, nesting success, passerines, predation, predator-prey interactions, reproduction, tropical birds|

Could it be an anti-predatory strategy?