Climate change and constraints on breeding

Ian R. Stevenson () and David M. Bryant
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Ian R. Stevenson: Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Stirling
David M. Bryant: Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Stirling

Nature, 2000, vol. 406, issue 6794, 366-367

Abstract: Abstract Although climate change apparently affects the breeding patterns of many animals1,2,3, the wider implications for breeding success are unclear. Here we describe an energy trade-off between reproduction and maintenance that occurs during cold weather in great tits (Parus major L.), pointing to a thermal constraint on the timing of egg laying. Our observations indicate that the fine-scale pattern of climate change could be critical to the reproduction of some species and underlies previously unexplained variation in the breeding success of other temperate birds.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35019151

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