Discriminating uniparental and biparental breeding strategies by monitoring nest temperature

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Moreau, Jerome, Perroud, Lucie, Bollache, Loic, Yannic, Glenn, Texeira, Maria, Schmidt, Niels Martin, Reneerkens, Jeroen, Gilg, Olivier
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Calidris alba; arctic; discriminant function; incubation strategy; nest attendance; nest temperature; parental care; shorebirds; Arctic; Recess; Sanderling
• Online Access: https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/09e527e8-b9ab-4f26-bdc6-df9f0c8431c7; https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12507

Birds exhibit a wide diversity of breeding strategies. During incubation or chick-rearing, parental care can be either uniparental, by either the male or the female, or biparental. Understanding the selective pressures that drive these different strategies represents an exciting challenge for ecolog...