Temperature profoundly affects the rate and trajectory of embryonic development, and
thermal extremes can be fatal. In viviparous species, maternal behaviour and physiology …

Incubation in birds is energetically demanding and the energy invested to maintain egg
temperature can influence the outcome of a reproductive event and therefore the lifetime …

Incubating new ideas about avian reproduction/SJ Reynolds & DC Deeming--The fossil
record and evolution of avian egg nesting and incubation/DC Deeming--Nest construction …

The duration of the developmental period represents a fundamental axis of life-history
variation, yet broad insights regarding the drivers of this diversity are currently lacking. Here …

The brain is an energetically costly organ that consumes a disproportionate amount of
resources. Species with larger brains relative to their body size have slower life histories …

The reproductive biology of living birds differs dramatically from that of other extant
vertebrates. Although some attributes of modern avian reproduction had their origin within …

Birds stand out from other egg-laying amniotes by producing relatively small numbers of
large eggs with very short incubation periods (average 11–85 d). This aspect promotes high …

In the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) and red‐eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta), the
temperature that eggs are exposed to during incubation determines the sex of the …

Nest humidity is a function of how water vapour is retained within the nest. Previous analysis
suggested that in general, nest humidity was largely unaffected by ambient humidity but …

Avian embryos undergo extremely rapid development over a relatively short period of time,
and so are likely to suffer high levels of oxidative damage unless this is mitigated by …