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The price of insulation: costs and benefits of feather delivery to nests for male tree swallows Tachycineta bicolor

Russell D. Dawson, Auteur ; Erin L. O'Brien, Auteur ; Theodore J. Mlynowski, Auteur

Dans Journal of Avian Biology (42(2) MAR 2011)

Many species of birds line their nests with feathers, and it has been hypothesized that this functions to provide a thermally stable microenvironment for the development of eggs and nestlings. Feathers in the nest may also function as a mechanis[...]

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