We currently have little understanding of how birds know what nest to build and what little
we do know has been gained largely from investigations of the completed structures …

Building a structurally robust nest is crucial for reproductive success in many birds. However,
we know little about the criteria birds use to select material or where they go to collect it …

Visual signals such as plumage characteristics in birds often play a key role in the
establishment of dominance in contests by acting as a badge of status that can be used to …

Common reed (Phragmites australis) is one of the most widely distributed, most abundant,
and best-studied vascular plants worldwide but there has been no broad comparison of reed …

The red bishop (Euplectes orix) is a highly polygynous and colonial weaverbird. Males
construct several nests within their territories to which they try to attract females, and females …

We analysed the relation between male nest-building behaviour and mating success in the
red bishop (Euplectes orix), a highly polygynous and colonially breeding weaverbird. Male …

Nest construction is an energetically costly behavior displayed by males in many taxa. In
some species, males construct nests and co‐breed with other males and they may construct …

Euplectes (Craig 1992). Body mass, high at the start of the breeding season and then
declining, increases again during this post-nuptial moult (Craig 1978). An initial analysis of …

Ptačí hnízda představují pro rozmnožování drtivé většiny druhů ptáků klíčové struktury a
měla by proto podléhat přírodnímu výběr. Selekční tlaky, které na velikost hnízda působí …

I present the first study of the twenty-four hour activity budget and scent-marking repertoire of
margay. My results indicate that the sexes had remarkably similar activity budgets with the …