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: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2023
• Subjects: Thorn tailed rayadito; Climate Change; nestlings; haematocrit; Temperature; precipitation; environmental change; Climate Breakdown; Climate; Evolution; Antarc*; Antarctic
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.j6q573nk7

Haematocrit, 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 are most...