supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.31970427 and 32270526 to W.L.)。
Brood parasitic birds lay eggs in the nests of other birds,and the parasitized hosts can reduce the cost of raising unrelated offspring through the recognition of parasitic eggs.Hosts can adopt vision-based cognitive ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC,31971413)granted to DL;the Second Tibetan Plateau Scientific Expedition and Research Program(STEP,2019QZKK0501)granted to DL。
Avian embryos,which develop within eggs,exhibit remarkable tolerance to extremely low temperatures.Despite being a common trait among all birds,the mechanisms underlying this cold tolerance in avian embryos remain lar...
supported by the Hainan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China (No.320CXTD437 and 2019RC189 to CY);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos.31772453 and 31970427 to WL)
Egg discrimination by cavity-nesting birds that build nests under dim light conditions was presumed to depend on nest luminance,although this hypothesis has rarely been tested.Tests of egg discrimination ability by ca...
Financial support was provided by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Grant No.31672299,31572271 and 31772465);the Natural Science Foundation of Xizang Province of China(2016ZR-NY-05)。
Background:Great diversity exists in the parenting pattern of altricial birds,which has long been considered as an adaptive response to specific environmental conditions but not to their life-history style.Methods:We ...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.31672296 and 31172104)。
Background:As one of the reproductive strategies adopted by bird species,variation in investment in egg production and its influencing factors are important and well-studied subjects.Intraclutch changes in egg size as...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.31672303 to CY,and 31772453 to WL)
Background: Laying sequence has important effects on eggshell color and embryonic development in birds. Some birds can allocate resources unevenly among the eggs within a clutch, prioritizing those at the beginning of...
supported by a grant from the State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (GREKF13-12);supported by Yanchiwan National Nature Reserve
Background: The behavior of cranes reflects many of their survival strategies, but little has been known of the incubation strategies of cranes, in which both parents share incubation duties, in response to cold tempe...