While direct influences of the environment on population growth and resilience are well
studied, indirect routes linking environmental changes to population consequences are less …

Avian nests are crucial to reproduction as they are the site for incubation of the clutch of
eggs and, in many cases, it is the location for the rearing of chicks hatched. Despite many …

Evolutionary theory has made large impacts on our understanding and management of the
world, in part because it has been able to incorporate new data and new insights …

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 …

Innovations in nest design are thought to be one potential factor in the evolutionary success
of passerine birds (order: Passeriformes), which colonized new ecological niches as they …

Nests, including the enormous structures housing colonies of eusocial insects and the
elaborately built nests of some fishes, have long fascinated scientists, yet our understanding …

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 …

We investigated whether birds build nests in repeatable styles and, if so, whether styles
were associated with past nest-building experience. Laboratory, captive bred zebra finches …

Motivation A well‐constructed nest is a key element of successful reproduction in most
species of birds, and nest morphology varies widely across the class. Macroecological and …

Avian nests are fundamental structures in avian reproduction and face strong selective
forces. Climatic conditions are likely to have shaped the evolution of specific nest traits, but …