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Nesting habits

Conformity and individual preference shape nest material use in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

Julia L. Self, Andrés Camacho-Alpízar, Priya Binwal, Umama Mir, Stefan Stanescu, Benjamin A. Whittaker, Lauren M. Guillette

published 11 Feb 2026

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Post-copulatory competition in a social monogamy system: Sperm morphology correlates with components of reproductive success

Carly E. Hawkins, Thomas P. Hahn, Jessica L. Malisch, Gail L. Patricelli

published 01 Dec 2025

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Increased fruit production in Cipocereus minensis (Cactaceae) associated with termite nests (Isoptera: Termitidae) in Campo Rupestre (Brazilian altitude grassland)

Julya Pires Souza, Laura Simões de Ávila, Tiago Fernandes Carrijo, Carlos Victor Mendonça-Filho, Thiago Santos

published 14 Nov 2025

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Female sexual agency and frequent extra-pair copulations, but no extra-pair paternity, in Nazca boobies (Sula granti)

David J. Anderson, Kathryn P. Huyvaert, Paola M. Espinosa, Mark A. Westbrock, Jill A. Awkerman, Eric G. Schneider

published 30 Oct 2025

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Exploring the potential of nest archives for establishing long-term trends in local populations of an Arctic-nesting colonial sea duck

Inmaculada Álvarez-Manzaneda, Kathleen M. Rühland, Marlo Campbell, Matthew P. Duda, Mark L. Mallory, Nik Clyde, H. Grant Gilchrist, Kathryn E. Hargan, John P. Smol

published 10 Oct 2025

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Home range and activity budget in the Falkland Steamer Duck (Tachyeres brachypterus)

Alix M. I. Kristiansen, Alastair M.M. Baylis, Sébastien A.P. Dupray, Luc Lens, Heather Q. Mathews, Lucy J. Mitchell, John P. Y. Arnould

published 07 Oct 2025

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Bacterial assemblages on eggs reflect nesting strategies in wetland-associated birds

Wouter F. D. van Dongen, Hanja B. Brandl, Alžbeta Darolová, Ján Krištofík, Herbert Hoi

published 17 Sep 2025

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Intra- and intergenerational costs of handicapping in the Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola), a thraupid with delayed plumage maturation

Andrés Gabriel Palmerio, Carolina Isabel Miño, Viviana Massoni

published 12 Sep 2025

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Woody plant encroachment drives the decline of a grassland bird: The fate of golden-shouldered parrot (Psephotellus chrysopterygius) nests

Gabriel M. Crowley, Susan Shephard, Stephen A. Murphy, Stephen T. Garnett

published 23 Jul 2025

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Influence of mate and nest-site fidelity on a declining, urban avian population

Lynne A. Trulio, Debra A. Chromczak, Philip G. Higgins

published 25 Jun 2025

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Estimating nesting habitat characteristics for the Kentish plover (Anarhynchus alexandrinus) with the effect of substrate and vegetation using a Bayesian network approach

Dong-Yun Lee, Ju-Hyun Lee, Jong-Ju Son, Seung-Jun Oh, Ha-Cheol Sung

published 11 Jun 2025

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Decline of salt marsh-nesting birds within the lower Chesapeake Bay (1992–2021)

Bryan D. Watts

published 02 Jun 2025

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Fidelity to territory and mate and the causes and consequences of breeding dispersal in American goshawk (Astur atricapillus)

Richard T. Reynolds, Shannon L. Kay, Jeffrey S. Lambert, Martha Ellis

published 22 May 2025

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