Incubation is a vital component of reproduction and parental care in birds. Maintaining
temperatures within a narrow range is necessary for embryonic development and hatching …

As temperatures increase, there is growing evidence that species across much of the tree of
life are getting smaller. These climate change-driven size reductions are often interpreted as …

Although most work on prenatal stress has been conducted on mammalian species, birds
provide useful alternative models since avian embryos develop outside the mother's body in …

A growing body of evidence from across taxa suggests that exposure to elevated levels of
glucocorticoids during early development can have long-term effects upon physiological and …

Climate change is forecasted to generate a range of evolutionary changes and plastic
responses. One important aspect of avian responses to climate change is how weather …

Incubation is an important component of avian parental care and slight changes in
incubation temperature can affect offspring phenotype. Although many extrinsic and intrinsic …

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

The thermal environment experienced by birds during early postembryonic development
may be an important factor sha** growth and survival. However, few studies have directly …

Glucocorticoid hormones (CORT) are predicted to promote adaptation to variable
environments, yet little is known about the potential for CORT secretion patterns to respond …

It is widely accepted that recent increases in environmental temperature have had a causal
effect on changing life histories; however, much of the evidence for this is derived from long …