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TY - JOUR
T1 - The energetic costs of nest building in birds
AU - Mainwaring, Mark C.
AU - Hartley, Ian R.
PY - 2013/3/1
Y1 - 2013/3/1
N2 - Parental investment in reproduction is generally limited by the availability of food and so avian life-history research has generally focused on the brood rearing phase, when food requirements are greatest. Only relatively recently has the focus extended to the incubation phase and, even more recently, to the nest-building phase where there is now observational, comparative and experimental evidence that avian nest building is an energetically and temporally expensive activity. This review emphasises that nest construction is energetically expensive and we suggest that such costs should be incorporated into avian life-history research.
AB - Parental investment in reproduction is generally limited by the availability of food and so avian life-history research has generally focused on the brood rearing phase, when food requirements are greatest. Only relatively recently has the focus extended to the incubation phase and, even more recently, to the nest-building phase where there is now observational, comparative and experimental evidence that avian nest building is an energetically and temporally expensive activity. This review emphasises that nest construction is energetically expensive and we suggest that such costs should be incorporated into avian life-history research.
KW - birds
KW - differential allocation
KW - extended phenotypic signal
KW - life-history evolution
KW - nest construction
KW - reproductive costs
KW - TIT CYANISTES-CAERULEUS
KW - MALE MARSH WRENS
KW - MATE-CHOICE
KW - FUNCTIONAL-SIGNIFICANCE
KW - SEXUAL SELECTION
KW - BLACK WHEATEAR
KW - CLUTCH SIZE
KW - BLUE TIT
KW - PYGOSCELIS-ANTARCTICA
KW - OENANTHE LEUCURA
U2 - 10.3184/175815512X13528994072997
DO - 10.3184/175815512X13528994072997
M3 - Journal article
VL - 6
SP - 12
EP - 17
JO - Avian Biology Research
JF - Avian Biology Research
SN - 1758-1559
IS - 1
ER -