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.
S. E. Street, R. Jaques, T. N. De Silva
The paper investigates the evolutionary advantage of complex nest structures in birds, finding that elaborate designs reduce offspring mortality from predation.
A. S. Mearing, J. M. Burkart, J. Dunn…·K. Koops
This paper tests three hypotheses about primate scleral coloration evolution by linking scleral pigmentation to social behaviors across 15 and 108 primate species.
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.
L. E. Powell, S. E. Street, R. A. Barton
The paper tests hypotheses about brain evolution in primates by analyzing correlations between brain structure, maternal investment, and life history traits.