The delayed effect of climatic conditions on pre-fledging nestling haematocrit in a suboscine species in Patagonia

• Main Authors: Churchill, Joseph, Birker, Martje, Versteegh, Maaike, Altamirano, Tomás, Vasquez, Rodrigo, Komdeur, Jan
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Climate; Climate Change; Temperature; Evolution; environmental change; precipitation; Climate Breakdown; nestlings; Other; Thorn tailed rayadito; haematocrit; Antarctic; Lower Post; Patagonia; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/sha256:6a72b520e2bd6f625ccd3fdc4fc1c23382ec210d83fe25fa54df21cb2065722a

AbstractHaematocrit, the proportion of blood comprising erythrocytes, is often used as a proxy of individual condition. Nestling haematocrit is influenced by several factors, but ambient temperature is generally agreed as a key driver. It is unclear which day(s) in embryonic or nestling development...