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The design and function of birds' nests by Mainwaring, Mark C., Hartley, Ian R., Lambrechts, Marcel M., Deeming, D. Charles

“…All birds construct nests in which to lay eggs and/or raise offspring. Traditionally, it was thought that natural selection and the requirement to minimize the…”
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Sexual selection for both diversity and repetition in birdsong by Sierro, Javier, de Kort, Selvino R., Hartley, Ian R.

“…From fiddler crabs to humans, animals perform repetitive displays showing neuromotor skill and vigour. Consistent repetition of identical notes (vocal…”
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Sound properties affect measurement of vocal consistency in birdsong: Validation of the spectrogram cross correlation method (SPCC) by Sierro, Javier, de Kort, Selvino R., Hartley, Ian R.

“…In songbirds, singing with precision (vocal consistency) has been proposed to reflect whole-organism performance. Vocal consistency is measured using…”
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Female blue tits sing frequently: a sex comparison of occurrence, context, and structure of song by Sierro, Javier, de Kort, Selvino R, Riebel, Katharina, Hartley, Ian R

“…In species with mutual mate choice, we should expect adaptive signaling in both sexes. However, the role of female sexual signals is generally understudied. A…”
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Climate change and nesting behaviour in vertebrates: a review of the ecological threats and potential for adaptive responses by Mainwaring, Mark C., Barber, Iain, Deeming, Denis C., Pike, David A., Roznik, Elizabeth A., Hartley, Ian R.

“…ABSTRACT Nest building is a taxonomically widespread and diverse trait that allows animals to alter local environments to create optimal conditions for…”
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Born without a Silver Spoon: A Review of the Causes and Consequences of Adversity during Early Life by Mainwaring, Mark C, Tobalske, Bret W, Hartley, Ian R

“…Synopsis A huge amount of research attention has focused on the evolution of life histories, but most research focuses on dominant individuals that acquire a…”
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The Energetic Costs of Nest Building in Birds by Mainwaring, Mark C, Hartley, Ian R

“…Parental investment in reproduction is generally limited by the availability of food and so avian life-history research has generally focused on the brood…”
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Bacterial pathogens in wild birds: a review of the frequency and effects of infection by Benskin, Clare McW. H., Wilson, Kenneth, Jones, Keith, Hartley, Ian R.

“…ABSTRACT The importance of wild birds as potential vectors of disease has received recent renewed empirical interest, especially regarding human health…”
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Differential impact of anthropogenic noise during the acoustic development of begging calls in Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) by Sierro, Javier, Kort, Selvino R., Hartley, Ian R.

“…In many bird species, nestling begging signals play a key role in the interaction between parents and their offspring during development. The information…”
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Understanding behavioural responses to human‐induced rapid environmental change: a meta‐analysis by Gunn, Rachel L., Hartley, Ian R., Algar, Adam C., Niemelä, Petri T., Keith, Sally A.

“…Behavioural responses are often the first reaction of an organism to human‐induced rapid environmental change (HIREC), yet current empirical evidence provides…”
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The evolution of nest site use and nest architecture in modern birds and their ancestors by Mainwaring, Mark C, Medina, Iliana, Tobalske, Bret W, Hartley, Ian R, Varricchio, David J, Hauber, Mark E

“…The evolution of nest site use and nest architecture in the non-avian ancestors of birds remains poorly understood because nest structures do not preserve well…”
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Variation in the behaviour of an obligate corallivore is influenced by resource availability by Gunn, Rachel L., Hartley, Ian R., Algar, Adam C., Nadiarti, N., Keith, Sally A.

“…Marine environments are subject to increasing disturbance events, and coral reef ecosystems are particularly vulnerable. During periods of environmental…”
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Ensuring tests of conservation interventions build on existing literature by Sutherland, William J., Alvarez‐Castañeda, Sergio Ticul, Amano, Tatsuya, Ambrosini, Roberto, Atkinson, Philip, Baxter, John M., Bond, Alexander L., Boon, Philip J., Buchanan, Katherine L., Barlow, Jos, Bogliani, Giuseppe, Bragg, Olivia M., Burgman, Mark, Cadotte, Marc W., Calver, Michael, Cooke, Steven J., Corlett, Richard T., Devictor, Vincent, Ewen, John G., Fisher, Martin, Freeman, Guy, Game, Edward, Godley, Brendan J., Gortázar, Christian, Hartley, Ian R., Hawksworth, David L., Hobson, Keith A., Lu, Ming‐Lun, Martín‐López, Berta, Ma, Keping, Machado, Antonio, Maes, Dirk, Mangiacotti, Marco, McCafferty, Dominic J., Melfi, Victoria, Molur, Sanjay, Moore, Allen J., Murphy, Stephen D., Norris, Darren, Oudenhoven, Alexander P.E., Powers, Jennifer, Rees, Eileen C., Schwartz, Mark W., Storch, Ilse, Wordley, Claire

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Sex-specific patterns of minimal compensation of care during and after short term mate removal in biparental blue tits by Mainwaring, Mark C., Hartley, Ian R.

“…•We examined parental responses to short-term mate removal in bi-parental blue tits.•Both sexes reduced their provisioning rates during the removal and…”
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Local weather conditions have complex effects on the growth of blue tit nestlings by Mainwaring, Mark C., Hartley, Ian R.

“…Adverse weather conditions are expected to result in impaired nestling development in birds, but empirical studies have provided equivocal support for such a…”
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Determination of Dielectric Function of Water in THz Region in Wood Cell Wall Result in an Accurate Prediction of Moisture Content by Wang, Han, Inagaki, Tetsuya, Hartley, Ian D., Tsuchikawa, Satoru, Reid, Matthew

“…This report follows up previous work that presented a model for the simultaneous detection of moisture content and density of wood using Terahertz time-domain…”
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A limit to sustained performance constrains trill length in birdsong by Sierro, Javier, de Kort, Selvino R., Hartley, Ian R.

“…In birds, song performance determines the outcome of contests over crucial resources. We hypothesized that 1) sustained performance is limited within song,…”
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Latitudinal variation in blue tit and great tit nest characteristics indicates environmental adjustment by Mainwaring, Mark C., Hartley, Ian R., Bearhop, Stuart, Brulez, Kaat, du Feu, Christopher R., Murphy, Gerald, Plummer, Kate E., Webber, Simone L., James Reynolds, S., Deeming, D. Charles

“…Aim: The laying of eggs and the building of a nest structure to accommodate them are two of the defining characteristics of members of the class Aves. Nest…”
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Multi‐individual microsatellite identification: A multiple genome approach to microsatellite design (MiMi) by Fox, Graeme, Preziosi, Richard F., Antwis, Rachael E., Benavides‐Serrato, Milena, Combe, Fraser J., Harris, W. Edwin, Hartley, Ian R., Kitchener, Andrew C., de Kort, Selvino R., Nekaris, Anne‐Isola, Rowntree, Jennifer K.

“…Bespoke microsatellite marker panels are increasingly affordable and tractable to researchers and conservationists. The rate of microsatellite discovery is…”
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Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines by Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Sæther, Bernt‐Erik

“…Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness‐related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations…”
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