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Nathalie Kürten, Auteur ; Kristin Piening, Auteur ; Oscar Vedder, AuteurEmbryonic heart rate is a strong determinant of metabolic rate and the rate of embryonic development in oviparous species. In humans, embryonic heart rate is positively correlated with the heart rate of the mother. However, human embryos do not [...]
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Nathalie Kürten, Auteur ; Oscar Vedder, Auteur ; Jacob González-Solís, Auteur ; Heiko Schmaljohann, Auteur ; Sandra Bouwhuis, AuteurLight-level geolocators are increasingly popular devices for tracking migratory birds. However, to ensure that data on migratory behaviour represent natural behaviour that is not affected by potentially harmful effects of carrying such a device,[...]
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Oscar Vedder, Auteur ; Jan Komdeur, Auteur ; Marco Van Der Velde, Auteur ; Michael J. L. Magrath, Auteur
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Oscar Vedder, Auteur ; Sjouke-Anne Kingma, Auteur ; Nikolaus von Engelhardt, Auteur ; Peter Korsten, Auteur ; Ton G. G. Groothuis, Auteur ; Jan Komdeur, AuteurLaying eggs in nests of unrelated conspecific pairs to parasitize their parental care is a common phenomenon in birds. In blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus such conspecific brood parasitism (CBP) has never been reported in the literature. However, i[...]
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Oscar Vedder, Auteur ; Sandra Bouwhuis, Auteur ; Ben C. Sheldon, AuteurNatural selection can vary in magnitude, form and direction, yet the causes of selection, and of variation in selection, are poorly understood. We quantified the effect of a key predator (Eurasian sparrowhawks) on selection on fledging body mass[...]
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Seyed Mehdi Amininasab, Auteur ; Martijn Hammers, Auteur ; Oscar Vedder, Auteur ; Jan Komdeur, Auteur ; Peter Korsten, AuteurStudies of age-specific reproductive performance are fundamental to our understanding of population dynamics and the evolution of life-history strategies. In species with bi-parental care, reproductive ageing trajectories of either parent may be[...]
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Elske Schut, Auteur ; Oscar Vedder, Auteur ; Jan Komdeur, Auteur ; Michael J. L. Magrath, AuteurHatching failure negatively impacts reproductive success in birds. One reason why eggs fail to hatch is that they are not fertilized, which may be because they receive insufficient sperm. In most passerines, copulation declines in frequency or c[...]
