The energetic costs of egg heating constrain incubation attendance but do not determine daily energy expenditure in the pectoral sandpiper

• Published in: Behavioral Ecology
• Main Authors: Cresswell, W., Holt, S., Reid, J.M., Whitfield, D.P., Mellanby, R.J., Norton, D., Waldron, S.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: QL Zoology; Arctic; Dee
• Online Access: https://eprints.gla.ac.uk/656/; https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arh042

Heating eggs during incubation may be relatively energetically costly, affecting the outcome or number of breeding attempts. We determined the effect of reduced egg heating costs on nest attendance, change in body mass, and daily energy expenditure (DEE using the doubly labeled water technique) by h...