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Luke S. C. McCowan, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, AuteurAnimals living in arid or semi-arid environments are frequently exposed to the challenge of dealing with extreme high ambient temperatures that are predicted to become more severe with a changing climate as heatwaves increase in frequency and se[...]
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Riccardo Ton, Auteur ; Laura L. Hurley, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, AuteurIn birds, ambient temperature can influence adult incubation behaviour, energy budget, egg temperature and embryonic development, with downstream effects on offspring survival. Surprisingly, experimental manipulations of the whole nesting enviro[...]
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Bridget L. Campbell, Auteur ; Laura L. Hurley, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, AuteurSuccessful reproduction in most avian species is dependent on the construction of a nest that provides protection and a suitable microclimate for the eggs and developing nestlings. Observational studies suggest that climatic variation may affect[...]
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Simon C. Griffith, Auteur ; Daniel M. Hooper, AuteurThe Long-tailed Finch (Poephila acuticauda) is endemic to Australia’s northern tropics and comprises two sub-species differentiated by bill colour: yellow in the western sub-species acuticauda and red in the eastern sub-species hecki. We present[...]
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Luke S. C. McCowan, Auteur ; Mylene M. Mariette, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, AuteurDespite the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) being used as a model species in behavioural science, the size and composition of social groups in which individuals typically live in the wild when they are not breeding is not well described. We ob[...]
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Peter Santema, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, Auteur ; Naomi E. Langmore, Auteur ; Jan Komdeur, Auteur ; Michael J. L. Magrath, AuteurColonial breeding occurs in a wide range of taxa, however the advantages promoting its evolution and maintenance remain poorly understood. In many avian species, breeding colonies vary by several orders of magnitude and one approach to investiga[...]
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Egg development time in the Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata varies with laying order and clutch size
Simon C. Griffith, Auteur ; Amanda J. Gilby, AuteurAs female birds are able to lay no more than a single egg each day, in those species producing larger clutches the first laid eggs may get a developmental head-start over later eggs in the clutch. All other things being equal, the differential p[...]
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Simon C. Griffith, Auteur ; Iain Barr, Auteur ; Ben C. Sheldon, Auteur ; Louise V. Rowe, Auteur ; Terry Burke, AuteurA recent study reported the incidence of intraspecific brood parasitism (IBP) in the blue tit, based on differences in pigmentation between eggs within clutches and the appearance of multiple eggs within a nest in a single day. Here we present d[...]
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John M. C. Hutchinson, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, AuteurWe present the first quantitative data on the genetic breeding system of a lark (Alaudidae), the Skylark Alauda arvensis. Using a set of eight microsatellite loci isolated in a variety of passerine species, we genotyped 171 offspring from 52 bro[...]
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Paul G. McDonald, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, Auteur
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Simon C. Griffith, Auteur ; Simone Immler, AuteurDespite two decades of research into over one hundred species, the function of extrapair paternity to female birds remains unclear. Recent studies have demonstrated patterns between extrapair paternity and the genetic similarity of females with [...]
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Magnus Svensson, Auteur ; Pekka T. Rintamaki, Auteur ; Tim R. Birkhead, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, Auteur ; Arne Lundberg, AuteurDuring the past 30 years, many species of farmland birds have declined dramatically in numbers in Northern Europe, a trend coinciding with a tremendous intensification of agriculture, although the exact causes of these declines remain unclear. O[...]
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Simone Immler, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, Auteur ; Richard Zann, Auteur ; Tim R. Birkhead, AuteurThe Zebra Finch Taeniopygia guttata is a model bird species for the experimental study of behavioural and evolutionary concepts in captivity and especially sexual selection. The validity of sexual selection studies of domesticated birds is of lo[...]
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Mylene M. Mariette, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, AuteurNest visit synchrony, whereby adults coordinate their visits to the nest, has been documented in several species of cooperative breeders. Visit synchrony may reduce nest predation rate or sibling competition, or instead follow from synchronisati[...]
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Erica P. Van Rooij, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, AuteurWhen multiple ornaments are expressed in both sexes, they are generally assumed to be maintained by mutual sexual selection and have a function in mate choice. In the Long-tailed Finch Poephila acuticauda both sexes exhibit multiple ornaments th[...]
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Paul G. McDonald, Auteur ; Simon C. Griffith, AuteurThis article responds to the recent prominence of ornithological literature advocating the plucking or clipping of feathers to obtain DNA in avian studies. We argue that the practise of feather plucking or clipping should be strongly discouraged[...]
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Simon C. Griffith, Auteur ; Emma C. Pariser, Auteur ; Barbara Tschirren, Auteur ; Lee B. Astheimer, AuteurZebra finches have played a central role in the discovery of a variety of maternal effects over the past decade, with females shown to adjust resource allocation to their eggs in response to variables such as the appearance of their partner, the[...]
