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Nest microclimate during incubation affects posthatching development and parental care in wild birds by Mueller, Alexander J., Miller, Kelly D., Bowers, E. Keith

“…It is widely accepted that recent increases in environmental temperature have had a causal effect on changing life histories; however, much of the evidence for…”
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Female birds monitor the activity of their mates while brooding nest-bound young by Jenkins, Jonathan B., Mueller, Alexander J., Thompson, Charles F., Sakaluk, Scott K., Bowers, E. Keith

“…In addition to food and protection, altricial young in many species are ectothermic and require that endothermic parents provide warmth to foster growth, yet…”
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Spring temperatures influence selection on breeding date and the potential for phenological mismatch in a migratory bird by Bowers, E. Keith, Grindstaff, Jennifer L., Soukup, Sheryl Swartz, Drilling, Nancy E., Eckerle, Kevin P., Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.

“…Climate change has affected the seasonal phenology of a variety of taxa, including that of migratory birds and their critical food resources. However, whether…”
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Adaptive Sex Allocation in Relation to Hatching Synchrony and Offspring Quality in House Wrens by Bowers, E. Keith, Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.

“…Increased variance in the reproductive success of males relative to females favors mothers that optimally allocate sons and daughters to maximize their fitness…”
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Sex-biased terminal investment in offspring induced by maternal immune challenge in the house wren (Troglodytes aedon) by Bowers, E. Keith, Smith, Rebecca A., Hodges, Christine J., Zimmerman, Laura M., Thompson, Charles F., Sakaluk, Scott K.

“…The reproductive costs associated with the upregulation of immunity have been well-documented and constitute a fundamental trade-off between reproduction and…”
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Sibling Cooperation Influences the Age of Nest Leaving in an Altricial Bird by Bowers, E. Keith, Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.

“…In altricial birds, siblings raised within a nest usually leave the nest within hours of each other, despite often differing considerably in age. The youngest…”
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Releasing Phosphorus from Calcium for Struvite Fertilizer Production from Anaerobically Digested Dairy Effluent by Zhang, Tianxi, Bowers, Keith E, Harrison, Joseph H, Chen, Shulin

“…Being a non-renewable resource and a source of potential water pollution, phosphorus could be recovered from animal manure in the form of struvite…”
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Parental favoritism in a wild bird population by Brode, Madison, Miller, Kelly D., Atkins Coleman, Ashley J., O’Neil, Kelly L., Poole, LeighAnn E., Bowers, E. Keith

“…In most taxa with altricial young, offspring solicit food from their parents using a combination of visual and acoustic stimuli, but exactly what these young…”
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Coming of age in your local mating market: Just a numbers game? by Bowers, E. Keith

“…Research Highlight: Woodman, J. P., Cole, E. F., Firth, J. A., Perrins, C. M., & Sheldon, B. C. (2022). Disentangling the causes of age‐assortative mating in…”
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Maternal Natal Environment and Breeding Territory Predict the Condition and Sex Ratio of Offspring by Bowers, E. Keith, Thompson, Charles F., Sakaluk, Scott K.

“…Females in a variety of taxa adjust offspring sex ratios to prevailing ecological conditions. However, little is known about whether conditions experienced…”
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Increased extra-pair paternity in broods of aging males and enhanced recruitment of extra-pair young in a migratory bird by Bowers, E. Keith, Forsman, Anna M., Masters, Brian S., Johnson, Bonnie G. P., Johnson, L. Scott, Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.

“…Despite keen interest in extra-pair mating in birds, its adaptive significance remains unresolved. Here, we use a multi-year dataset to test whether traits of…”
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Offspring sex ratio varies with clutch size for female house wrens induced to lay supernumerary eggs by Bowers, E. K., Thompson, C. F., Sakaluk, S. K.

“…Lay summary: Mothers adjust the sex of their offspring strategically to maximize fitness. Theory predicts that high-quality mothers should over-produce sons,…”
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A dynamic threshold model for terminal investment by Duffield, Kristin R., Bowers, E. Keith, Sakaluk, Scott K., Sadd, Ben M.

“…Although reproductive strategies can be influenced by a variety of intrinsic and extrinsic factors, life history theory provides a rigorous framework for…”
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Persistent sex‐by‐environment effects on offspring fitness and sex‐ratio adjustment in a wild bird population by Bowers, E. Keith, Thompson, Charles F, Sakaluk, Scott K, Griffith, Simon

“…A major component of sex‐allocation theory, the Trivers–Willard model (TWM), posits that sons and daughters are differentially affected by variation in the…”
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Immune Activation Generates Corticosterone-Mediated Terminal Reproductive Investment in a Wild Bird by Bowers, E. Keith, Bowden, Rachel M., Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F.

“…Despite classical expectations of a trade-off between immune activity and reproduction, an emergent view suggests that individuals experiencing activation of…”
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Experimental manipulation of incubation period reveals no apparent costs of incubation in house wrens by Sakaluk, Scott K., Thompson, Charles F., Bowers, E. Keith

“…Fitness costs of incubation ensue whenever the trade-off between incubation and foraging leads to suboptimal incubation or decreased parental body condition…”
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Elevated corticosterone during egg production elicits increased maternal investment and promotes nestling growth in a wild songbird by Bowers, E. Keith, Bowden, Rachel M., Thompson, Charles F., Sakaluk, Scott K.

“…Glucocorticoids circulating in breeding birds during egg production accumulate within eggs, and may provide a potent form of maternal effect on offspring…”
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Pre- and postnatal effects of experimentally manipulated maternal corticosterone on growth, stress reactivity and survival of nestling house wrens by Weber, Beth M., Bowers, E. Keith, Terrell, Kimberly A., Falcone, Josephine F., Thompson, Charles F., Sakaluk, Scott K.

“…Corticosterone plays a central role in maintaining homeostasis, promoting energy acquisition, and regulating the stress response in birds. Exposure to elevated…”
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Condition-Dependent Begging Elicits Increased Parental Investment in a Wild Bird Population by Bowers, E Keith, Jenkins, Jonathan B, Mueller, Alexander J, Miller, Kelly D, Thompson, Charles F, Sakaluk, Scott K

“…The coevolution of parental supply and offspring demand has long been thought to involve offspring need driving begging and parental care, leaving other…”
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Journals: Increase Revisions, Not Rejections by BOWERS, E. KEITH

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