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 risk of predation …

The widespread use of artificial nestboxes has led to significant advances in our knowledge
of the ecology, behaviour and physiology of cavity nesting birds, especially small …

Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour provides a broad view of our understanding of the
biology of the nests, bowers and tools made by birds. It illustrates how, among vertebrates …

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 …

▪ Abstract The extent and diversity of sexual dichromatism in birds is thought to be due to the
intensity of current sexual selection on the plumage ornamentation of males and females …

Researchers have long suggested that animals with greater behavioural flexibility will be
more likely to survive in face of environmental changes. However, it is unknown how this …

Parental investment in reproduction is generally limited by the availability of food and so
avian life-history research has generally focused on the brood rearing phase, when food …

Understanding parental care behaviour has remained a core research area in evolutionary
behavioural ecology. Why the interest with parental behaviour? Many human cultures have …

The interactions between avian interspecific brood parasites and their hosts provide
tractable and informative systems for investigating coevolution. Generally, these …

The size of a bird's nest can play a key role in ensuring reproductive success and is
determined by a variety of factors. The primary function of the nest is to protect offspring from …