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Not-so-great tit: early-life conditions are making Wytham’s great tits a bit less great

This blog post is provided by David López-Idiáquez and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Early-life environment drives long-term decrease in adult body mass in a wild bird population“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology. This study explored temporal changes in body mass of adult and nestling great tits, as well as the effect of several environmental variables. Change is inherent to … Continue reading Not-so-great tit: early-life conditions are making Wytham’s great tits a bit less great

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Earlier fledging phenology in warmer years depends on local environmental conditions and species.

This blog post is provided by Paul Cuchot and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “How interacting anthropogenic pressures alter the plasticity of breeding time in two common songbirds” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. The authors study the breeding phenology in tits using citizen science and mist netting. Context: Phenological adjustment is the first line of adaptive response of vertebrates … Continue reading Earlier fledging phenology in warmer years depends on local environmental conditions and species.

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Sex matters in the race to combat climate change

This blog post is provided by Rachael Y. Dudaniec, Alexander R. Carey, Erik I. Sve­­nsson, Bengt Hansson, Chuan Ji Yong and Lesley T. Lancaster and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper ‘Latitudinal clines in sexual selection, sexual size dimorphism, and sex‐specific genetic dispersal during a poleward range expansion’, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. As climate change is facilitating many species to … Continue reading Sex matters in the race to combat climate change

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