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Olivia Smith, Auteur ; Tori D. Bakley, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, Auteur ; John W. Fitzpatrick, Auteur ; Sahas Barve, AuteurExtensive research has focused on effects of non-breeding helpers on the reproductive success of cooperatively breeding birds, yet in the cooperatively breeding Florida Scrub Jay Aphelocoma coerulescens about half of breeding pairs do not have h[...]
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Matthew Fuirst, Auteur ; Jessica Greer, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, AuteurFlorida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma coerulescens) are cooperative breeders endemic to Florida’s oak scrub. In autumn, Florida Scrub-Jays cache thousands of acorns and exhibit behaviors that appear to balance cache site selection against food degradat[...]
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Kimberly B. Brand, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, AuteurMany birds lose mass when feeding dependent young and multiple hypotheses have been proposed to explain this loss. The reproductive-stress hypothesis suggests that mass loss results from an energy deficit. The flight-efficiency hypothesis sugges[...]
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Robert A. Aldredge, Auteur ; Sonya C. LeClair, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, AuteurHatching failure occurs in approximately 10% of all avian eggs, but varies both within and among species. This reduction in viable offspring can have significant fitness consequences for breeding parents; therefore, it is important to understand[...]
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Stephan J. Schoech, Auteur ; Eli S. Bridge, Auteur ; Raoul K. Boughton, Auteur ; S. James Reynolds, Auteur ; Jonathan W. Atwell, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, AuteurThe federally threatened Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) has suffered dramatic losses in recent years primarily because of overdevelopment of its unique scrub habitat. Ensuring the survival of this species will require not only measu[...]
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Lynn Siefferman, Auteur ; Matthew D. Shawkey, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, Auteur ; Glen E. Woolfenden, AuteurThe Florida Scrub-Jay is a monogamous cooperative breeder in which both males and females display extensive structurally based blue plumage. Juveniles of this species exhibit blue tail and wing feathers that they begin growing as nestlings, and [...]
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Eli S. Bridge, Auteur ; Raoul K. Boughton, Auteur ; Robert A. Aldredge, Auteur ; Timothy J. E. Harrison, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, Auteur ; Stephan J. Schoech, AuteurEgg volumes are most often estimated using a mathematical model that incorporates length and width measurements and a species-specific shape variable. Although adequate in many respects, this technique does not account for intraspecific variatio[...]
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James W. Tucker, Auteur ; Gregory R. Schrott, Auteur ; Michael F. Delany, Auteur ; Stephen L. Glass, Auteur ; Christina L. Hannon, Auteur ; Paul Miller, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, AuteurThe federally Endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow (FGSP, Ammodramus savannarum floridanus) is endemic to dry prairie habitat in central Florida and is currently only found at three public management areas (Avon Park Air Force Range, APAFR; Ki[...]
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Joseph M. Niederhauser, Auteur ; Reed Bowman, AuteurHuman modification of habitats can reduce reproductive success by providing novel cues to which birds may respond with behaviors that are actually maladaptive in those environments. Ad libitum human-provided foods may provide the perception that[...]
