Nest traits for the world's birds
C. Sheard, S. E. Street, S. D. Healy…·K. N. Lala
The paper introduces a global database of bird nest traits and explores correlations between nest characteristics and environmental variables.
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C. Sheard, S. E. Street, S. D. Healy…·K. N. Lala
The paper introduces a global database of bird nest traits and explores correlations between nest characteristics and environmental variables.
C. Sheard, L. Stott, S. E. Street…·K. N. Lala
The paper investigates global correlates of anthropogenic nest material use in birds, finding it correlates with human landscape modification and nesting environment, but not body mass or conservation status.
D. J. Pritchard, T. A. Hurly, T. Photopoulou, S. D. Healy
This study uses hidden Markov models to analyze hummingbird flightpaths and shows how spatial memory develops, revealing shifts in reliance on landmarks over learning trials.
C. R. Cooney, C. Sheard, A. D. Clark…·A. E. Wright
This study investigates the factors influencing developmental duration in birds using phylogenetic and ecological data, finding that body size, ecology, and evolutionary history explain most of the variation.