Due to increasingly dense agricultural land use, many ground breeding birds are threatened
with extinction or near threatened. We present a new method, to detect lapwing and other …

We studied the possible role of clutch crypsis in antipredator behaviour in two related
species of ground-nesting waders with camouflaged eggs, the northern lapwing (Vanellus …

Background Effective communication between sexual partners is essential for successful
reproduction. Avian parents with biparental incubation need to know how to negotiate, when …

In birds, incubation by both parents is a common form of care for eggs. Although the
involvement of the two parents may vary dramatically between and within pairs, as well as …

Most male passerines do not develop brood patches. Despite this, some, including Barn
Swallows (Hirundo rustica), apparently incubate. Male incubation should stabilize and …

Previous studies of sex roles in the polygynous Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus have
shown that males incubate less than females, perhaps suggesting that sexual selection is …

Cooperative breeding is widely reported across the animal kingdom. In birds, it is thought to
be more common in altricial species (where chicks are dependent in the nest after hatching) …

The term nest attentiveness describes the amount or percentage of time a bird spends sitting
on the nest during incubation (Kendeigh 1952; Skutch 1962; Deeming 2002). Biologists …

Zusammenfassung Die Zunehmende Nutzung von Drohnen (UAVs) in Landwirtschaft und
Ökologieforschung wirft die Frage auf inwieweit fliegende Drohnen eine negative Wirkung …

The Northern Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), a wader breeding in open habitat across
temperate Eurasia–including mainland France–is a species undergoing a decades‐long …