Males and females often exhibit different behaviours during mate acquisition, pair‐bonding
and parenting, and a convenient label to characterize these behaviours is sex role. The …

Remating with the same partner across multiple breeding attempts has been proven a
successful strategy for many monogamous breeders across taxa. In birds, especially in …

Territorial species are unlikely to show extensive movements between breeding seasons.
This is especially true for long-lived species, which often have strong pair bonding and can …

Abstract The Prairie Pothole Region of central Canada supports a diverse community of
breeding waterbirds, but many species have declining populations and the demographic …

Global climate change has altered the timing of seasonal events (ie, phenology) for a
diverse range of biota. Within and among species, however, the degree to which alterations …

Wetland birds such as waders are in decline across Europe. Information on demography is
vital for assessing the causes of population declines, but estimates are needed from multiple …

Understanding a species' mating strategies is essential for elucidating their social structures
and comprehending the trade-offs involved in optimizing fitness. Our study focuses on the …

Reliable estimates of adult survival for many shorebird species are lacking. We used
Cormack–Jolly–Seber (CJS) methods to provide an estimate of apparent, or local, survival …

Survival estimates are critical components of avian ecology. In well‐intentioned efforts to
maximize the utility of one's research, survival estimates often derive from data that were not …

In most bird species, males are more ornamented and compete for females, who contribute
more to offspring care. In a minority of species, this pattern is reversed, with more colorful …