Animal Behavior & CognitionbioRxiv
Critical reproductive behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite are affected by thermal variability and mean temperature
William Kirkpatrick, Erin Sauer, Rachel Carroll…·Sarah DuRant
The paper examines how thermal variability and mean temperature affect incubation behaviors in Scaled Quail and Northern Bobwhite across different timescales, finding that high thermal variability reduces off-bout length and that behavioral responses vary with temporal scale.
DOI 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2025.104054