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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"lay date"”.
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Lifetime fitness and changing life history traits in Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
… of fitness, including: parental age and hatch date affecting survival to year one and probability of attaining breeding status; and lay date, clutch size, age at first reproduction, and variance in clutch size affecting lifetime fitness. I also found that many traits were changing over time …
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The causes and consequences of variation in the cloacal microbiome of tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor)
… influence host reproductive function, and thus play a role in shaping host ecology, evolution, and fitness. Though previous work has revealed much about the impact of beneficial and pathogenic microbes within the reproductive tract, much is left to be learned from describing the dynamic nature of …
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Gopher tortoise nest-site selection at burrows and the influence of nest environment on hatching success
… burrow, canopy and understory cover, percent clay in soil, and lay date) affects hatching success in naturally incubated tortoise nests. In the summers of 2022 and 2023, I conducted repeated searches at burrows to locate nests at the Jones Center at Ichauway and the Greenwood Ecological Reserve …
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Breeding and dispersal implications for the conservation of the Southern Ground Hornbill Bucorvus leadbeateri
… from 9 September to 14 November, and median lay date was 03 November. Breeding attempts that were initiated early in the season were more likely to fledge a chick than those initiated later in the season. Timing of breeding was delayed during warmer springs, particularly under dry conditions. …