funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (32301295 to J.W.,32101242 to L.M.and 32260253 to L.W.);High-Level Talents Research Start-Up Project of Hebei University (521100222044 to J.W.)。
Nest predation is the leading cause of reproductive failure in birds and a major driving force in the evolution of anti-predation strategies.Current studies on the anti-predation strategies of birds driven by predatio...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.32270526 to W.L.and 32260253 to L.W.);supported by the specific research fund of The Innovation Platform for Academicians of Hainan Province;supported by the Hainan Province Postdoctoral Research Project。
Common Cuckoos(Cuculus canorus)dependent on parental care for post-hatching demonstrate an intriguing ability to modify their begging vocalizations to ensure maximum care and resources from their interspecific foster ...
supported by two projects in the National Plan of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competition(CGL2014-55969-P and CGL2017-84938-P);the Andalusian government(A-RNM-48-UGR20);financed with FEDER funds from the European Union(EU);funded by Erasmus+grants from the EU;supported by a FPU pre-doctoral contract from the Spanish Ministry of Education(FPU18/03034)。
Several ectoparasites parasitise nestlings decreasing their body condition,growth and survival.To minimise any loss of fitness due to ectoparasites,birds have developed a wide variety of defence mechanisms,potentially...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.32071515)。
Background:In high latitude grassland habitats,altricial nestlings hatching in open-cup nests early in the breeding season must cope with cold temperature challenges.Thyroid hormones(triiodothyronine,T_(3)and thyroxin...
Background:Accurate nestling age is valuable for studies on nesting strategies,productivity,and impacts on repro-ductive success.Most aging guides consist of descriptions and photographs that are time consuming to rea...
Background:In bird species where offspring growth and survival rely on parents’food provisioning,parents can maximise their fitness by increasing the quantity and/or the quality of preys delivered to their offspring....
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31872246)
Background:Timing of breeding season of temperate passerines has been considered to be adjusted to their food availability.There is little work to reveal the cell stress responses of the nestlings hatched asynchronize...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(31472013 and 31772453 to WL,31672303 to CY,31460567 to AJ);The Research Council of Norway(218144 to BGS and FF)
Background:Our knowledge of avian brood parasitism is primarily based on studies of a few selected species.Recently,researchers have targeted a wider range of host–parasite systems,which has allowed further evaluatio...