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1. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Saether, Bernt-Erik, Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Saether, Bernt-Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February-May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023
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2. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Saether, Bernt-Erik, Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Saether, Bernt-Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February-May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023
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3. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Saether, Bernt-Erik, Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Saether, Bernt-Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February-May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023
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4. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Saether, Bernt-Erik, Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Saether, Bernt-Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February-May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023
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5. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Sæther, Bernt‐Erik, Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Sæther, Bernt‐Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February-May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023

6. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Sæther, Bernt‐Erik, Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Sæther, Bernt‐Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February-May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023

7. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J.G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Sæther, Bernt‐Erik, Vriend, Stefan J.G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Sæther, Bernt‐Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February–May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023

8. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Saether, Bernt-Erik, Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grotan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlene, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Alvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kalas, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martinez-Padilla, Jesus, Matthysen, Erik, van Oers, Kees, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkonen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Torok, Janos, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Saether, Bernt-Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February-May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023
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9. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole-nesting passerines

Author: Norwegian Research Council, University of Antwerp, Research Foundation - Flanders, Norwegian Environment Agency, Max Planck Society, Fundación Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación y el Desarrollo, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Swedish Research Council, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), National Science Centre (Poland), Observatoire de Recherche Montpelliérain de l'Environnement (France), Russian Science Foundation, Camacho, Carlos [0000-0002-9704-5816], Canal, David [0000-0003-2875-2987], Martínez-Padilla, Jesús [0000-0003-2956-5163], Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez-Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, Oers, Kees van, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Sæther, Bernt-Erik, Norwegian Research Council, University of Antwerp, Research Foundation - Flanders, Norwegian Environment Agency, Max Planck Society, Fundación Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación y el Desarrollo, Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Swedish Research Council, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), National Science Centre (Poland), Observatoire de Recherche Montpelliérain de l'Environnement (France), Russian Science Foundation, Camacho, Carlos [0000-0002-9704-5816], Canal, David [0000-0003-2875-2987], Martínez-Padilla, Jesús [0000-0003-2956-5163], Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez-Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, Oers, Kees van, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Sæther, Bernt-Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February–May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2023

10. Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation

Author: Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J.G., Visser, Marcel E., Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J.G., and Visser, Marcel E.
Abstract: The phenology of many species shows strong sensitivity to climate change; however, with few large scale intra-specific studies it is unclear how such sensitivity varies over a species’ range. We document large intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity to temperature using laying date information from 67 populations of two co-familial European songbirds, the great tit (Parus major) and blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), covering a large part of their breeding range. Populations inhabiting deciduous habitats showed stronger phenological sensitivity than those in evergreen and mixed habitats. However, populations with higher sensitivity tended to have experienced less rapid change in climate over the past decades, such that populations with high phenological sensitivity will not necessarily exhibit the strongest phenological advancement. Our results show that to effectively assess the impact of climate change on phenology across a species’ range it will be necessary to account for intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity, climate change exposure, and the ecological characteristics of a population.
Published: 2022

11. Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation

Author: Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J.G., Visser, Marcel E., Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J.G., and Visser, Marcel E.
Abstract: The phenology of many species shows strong sensitivity to climate change; however, with few large scale intra-specific studies it is unclear how such sensitivity varies over a species’ range. We document large intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity to temperature using laying date information from 67 populations of two co-familial European songbirds, the great tit (Parus major) and blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), covering a large part of their breeding range. Populations inhabiting deciduous habitats showed stronger phenological sensitivity than those in evergreen and mixed habitats. However, populations with higher sensitivity tended to have experienced less rapid change in climate over the past decades, such that populations with high phenological sensitivity will not necessarily exhibit the strongest phenological advancement. Our results show that to effectively assess the impact of climate change on phenology across a species’ range it will be necessary to account for intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity, climate change exposure, and the ecological characteristics of a population.
Published: 2022

12. Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation

Author: Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J. G., Visser, Marcel E., Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J. G., and Visser, Marcel E.
Abstract: The phenology of many species shows strong sensitivity to climate change; however, with few large scale intra-specific studies it is unclear how such sensitivity varies over a species’ range. We document large intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity to temperature using laying date information from 67 populations of two co-familial European songbirds, the great tit (Parus major) and blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), covering a large part of their breeding range. Populations inhabiting deciduous habitats showed stronger phenological sensitivity than those in evergreen and mixed habitats. However, populations with higher sensitivity tended to have experienced less rapid change in climate over the past decades, such that populations with high phenological sensitivity will not necessarily exhibit the strongest phenological advancement. Our results show that to effectively assess the impact of climate change on phenology across a species’ range it will be necessary to account for intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity, climate change exposure, and the ecological characteristics of a population.
Published: 2022

13. Temperature synchronizes temporal variation in laying dates across European hole‐nesting passerines

Author: Vriend, Stefan J.G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, Oers, Kees van, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Sæther, Bernt‐Erik, Vriend, Stefan J.G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez‐Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, Oers, Kees van, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Sæther, Bernt‐Erik
Abstract: Identifying the environmental drivers of variation in fitness-related traits is a central objective in ecology and evolutionary biology. Temporal fluctuations of these environmental drivers are often synchronized at large spatial scales. Yet, whether synchronous environmental conditions can generate spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values (i.e., correlated temporal trait fluctuations across populations) is poorly understood. Using data from long-term monitored populations of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tits (Parus major, n = 35), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe, we assessed the influence of two local climatic variables (mean temperature and mean precipitation in February–May) on spatial synchrony in three fitness-related traits: laying date, clutch size, and fledgling number. We found a high degree of spatial synchrony in laying date but a lower degree in clutch size and fledgling number for each species. Temperature strongly influenced spatial synchrony in laying date for resident blue tits and great tits but not for migratory pied flycatchers. This is a relevant finding in the context of environmental impacts on populations because spatial synchrony in fitness-related trait values among populations may influence fluctuations in vital rates or population abundances. If environmentally induced spatial synchrony in fitness-related traits increases the spatial synchrony in vital rates or population abundances, this will ultimately increase the risk of extinction for populations and species. Assessing how environmental conditions influence spatiotemporal variation in trait values improves our mechanistic understanding of environmental impacts on populations.
Published: 2022

14. Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation

Author: Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J.G., Visser, Marcel E., Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J.G., and Visser, Marcel E.
Abstract: The phenology of many species shows strong sensitivity to climate change; however, with few large scale intra-specific studies it is unclear how such sensitivity varies over a species’ range. We document large intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity to temperature using laying date information from 67 populations of two co-familial European songbirds, the great tit (Parus major) and blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), covering a large part of their breeding range. Populations inhabiting deciduous habitats showed stronger phenological sensitivity than those in evergreen and mixed habitats. However, populations with higher sensitivity tended to have experienced less rapid change in climate over the past decades, such that populations with high phenological sensitivity will not necessarily exhibit the strongest phenological advancement. Our results show that to effectively assess the impact of climate change on phenology across a species’ range it will be necessary to account for intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity, climate change exposure, and the ecological characteristics of a population.
Published: 2022

15. Bird populations most exposed to climate change are less sensitive to climatic variation

Author: Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J.G., Visser, Marcel E., Bailey, Liam D., van de Pol, Martijn, Adriaensen, Frank, Arct, Aneta, Barba, Emilio, Bellamy, Paul E., Bonamour, Suzanne, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Charmantier, Anne, Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine, Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Matthysen, Erik, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Orell, Markku, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, van Oers, Kees, Vatka, Emma, Vriend, Stefan J.G., and Visser, Marcel E.
Abstract: The phenology of many species shows strong sensitivity to climate change; however, with few large scale intra-specific studies it is unclear how such sensitivity varies over a species’ range. We document large intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity to temperature using laying date information from 67 populations of two co-familial European songbirds, the great tit (Parus major) and blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus), covering a large part of their breeding range. Populations inhabiting deciduous habitats showed stronger phenological sensitivity than those in evergreen and mixed habitats. However, populations with higher sensitivity tended to have experienced less rapid change in climate over the past decades, such that populations with high phenological sensitivity will not necessarily exhibit the strongest phenological advancement. Our results show that to effectively assess the impact of climate change on phenology across a species’ range it will be necessary to account for intra-specific variation in phenological sensitivity, climate change exposure, and the ecological characteristics of a population.
Published: 2022

16. Data and code for analysis of spatiotemporal variation in traits and environmental variables in European hole-nesting passerines

Author: Research Council of Norway, National Science Centre (Poland), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Fundación Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación y el Desarrollo, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España), Observatoire de Recherche Montpelliérain de l'Environnement (France), Russian Science Foundation, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK), University of Antwerp, Research Foundation - Flanders, Norwegian Environment Agency, Government of Norway, Max Planck Society, Swedish Research Council, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Australian Research Council, Vriend, Stefan J. G. [svriend@gmail.com], Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez-Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, Oers, Kees van, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., Sæther, Bernt-Erik, Research Council of Norway, National Science Centre (Poland), Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades (España), Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España), Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Fundación Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación y el Desarrollo, Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (España), Observatoire de Recherche Montpelliérain de l'Environnement (France), Russian Science Foundation, Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (UK), University of Antwerp, Research Foundation - Flanders, Norwegian Environment Agency, Government of Norway, Max Planck Society, Swedish Research Council, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (France), Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España), Australian Research Council, Vriend, Stefan J. G. [svriend@gmail.com], Vriend, Stefan J. G., Grøtan, Vidar, Gamelon, Marlène, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Álvarez, Elena, Bailey, Liam D., Barba, Emilio, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Burgess, Malcolm D., Bushuev, Andrey, Camacho, Carlos, Canal, David, Charmantier, Anne, Cole, Ella F., Cusimano, Camillo, Doligez, Blandine F., Drobniak, Szymon M., Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Erikstad, Kjell Einar, Ferns, Peter N., Goodenough, Anne E., Hartley, Ian R., Hinsley, Shelley A., Ivankina, Elena, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kempenaers, Bart, Kerimov, Anvar B., Kålås, John Atle, Lavigne, Claire, Leivits, Agu, Mainwaring, Mark C., Martínez-Padilla, Jesús, Matthysen, Erik, Oers, Kees van, Orell, Markku, Pinxten, Rianne, Reiertsen, Tone Kristin, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Sheldon, Ben C., Sorace, Alberto, Török, János, Vatka, Emma, Visser, Marcel E., and Sæther, Bernt-Erik
Abstract: Annual trait data, location information, and climate data from 86 populations of blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus, n = 31), great tit (Parus major, n = 35) and pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca, n = 20) across Europe. R code for the analyses of temporal variation in trait values, effects of climate variables on trait values, and spatial synchrony in trait values.
Published: 2022

17. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan‐Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan‐Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: We studied the relationship between temperature and the coexistence of great tit Parus major and blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, breeding in 75 study plots across Europe and North Africa. We expected an advance in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer springs as a general response to climate warming and a delay in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer winters due to density‐dependent effects. As expected, as spring temperature increases laying date advances and as winter temperature increases clutch size is reduced in both species. Density of great tit affected the relationship between winter temperature and laying date in great and blue tit. Specifically, as density of great tit increased and temperature in winter increased both species started to reproduce later. Density of blue tit affected the relationship between spring temperature and blue and great tit laying date. Thus, both species start to reproduce earlier with increasing spring temperature as density of blue tit increases, which was not an expected outcome, since we expected that increasing spring temperature should advance laying date, while increasing density should delay it cancelling each other out. Climate warming and its interaction with density affects clutch size of great tits but not of blue tits. As predicted, great tit clutch size is reduced more with density of blue tits as temperature in winter increases. The relationship between spring temperature and density on clutch size of great tits depends on whether the increase is in density of great tit or blue tit. Therefore, an increase in temperature negatively affected the coexistence of blue and great tits differently in both species. Thus, blue tit clutch size was unaffected by the interaction effect of density with temperature, while great tit clutch size was affected in multiple ways by these interactions terms.
Published: 2020

18. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: We studied the relationship between temperature and the coexistence of great tit Parus major and blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, breeding in 75 study plots across Europe and North Africa. We expected an advance in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer springs as a general response to climate warming and a delay in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer winters due to density-dependent effects. As expected, as spring temperature increases laying date advances and as winter temperature increases clutch size is reduced in both species. Density of great tit affected the relationship between winter temperature and laying date in great and blue tit. Specifically, as density of great tit increased and temperature in winter increased both species started to reproduce later. Density of blue tit affected the relationship between spring temperature and blue and great tit laying date. Thus, both species start to reproduce earlier with increasing spring temperature as density of blue tit increases, which was not an expected outcome, since we expected that increasing spring temperature should advance laying date, while increasing density should delay it cancelling each other out. Climate warming and its interaction with density affects clutch size of great tits but not of blue tits. As predicted, great tit clutch size is reduced more with density of blue tits as temperature in winter increases. The relationship between spring temperature and density on clutch size of great tits depends on whether the increase is in density of great tit or blue tit. Therefore, an increase in temperature negatively affected the coexistence of blue and great tits differently in both species. Thus, blue tit clutch size was unaffected by the interaction effect of density with temperature, while great tit clutch size was affected in multiple ways by these interactions terms.
Published: 2020

19. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction

Author: Pape Møller, Anders, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Pape Møller, Anders, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: We studied the relationship between temperature and the coexistence of great tit Parus major and blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, breeding in 75 study plots across Europe and North Africa. We expected an advance in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer springs as a general response to climate warming and a delay in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer winters due to density‐dependent effects. As expected, as spring temperature increases laying date advances and as winter temperature increases clutch size is reduced in both species. Density of great tit affected the relationship between winter temperature and laying date in great and blue tit. Specifically, as density of great tit increased and temperature in winter increased both species started to reproduce later. Density of blue tit affected the relationship between spring temperature and blue and great tit laying date. Thus, both species start to reproduce earlier with increasing spring temperature as density of blue tit increases, which was not an expected outcome, since we expected that increasing spring temperature should advance laying date, while increasing density should delay it cancelling each other out. Climate warming and its interaction with density affects clutch size of great tits but not of blue tits. As predicted, great tit clutch size is reduced more with density of blue tits as temperature in winter increases. The relationship between spring temperature and density on clutch size of great tits depends on whether the increase is in density of great tit or blue tit. Therefore, an increase in temperature negatively affected the coexistence of blue and great tits differently in both species. Thus, blue tit clutch size was unaffected by the interaction effect of density with temperature, while great tit clutch size was affected in multiple ways by these interactions terms.
Published: 2020
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20. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: We studied the relationship between temperature and the coexistence of great tit Parus major and blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, breeding in 75 study plots across Europe and North Africa. We expected an advance in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer springs as a general response to climate warming and a delay in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer winters due to density-dependent effects. As expected, as spring temperature increases laying date advances and as winter temperature increases clutch size is reduced in both species. Density of great tit affected the relationship between winter temperature and laying date in great and blue tit. Specifically, as density of great tit increased and temperature in winter increased both species started to reproduce later. Density of blue tit affected the relationship between spring temperature and blue and great tit laying date. Thus, both species start to reproduce earlier with increasing spring temperature as density of blue tit increases, which was not an expected outcome, since we expected that increasing spring temperature should advance laying date, while increasing density should delay it cancelling each other out. Climate warming and its interaction with density affects clutch size of great tits but not of blue tits. As predicted, great tit clutch size is reduced more with density of blue tits as temperature in winter increases. The relationship between spring temperature and density on clutch size of great tits depends on whether the increase is in density of great tit or blue tit. Therefore, an increase in temperature negatively affected the coexistence of blue and great tits differently in both species. Thus, blue tit clutch size was unaffected by the interaction effect of density with temperature, while great tit clutch size was affected in multiple ways by these interactions terms.
Published: 2020

21. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan‐Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean‐Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan‐Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: We studied the relationship between temperature and the coexistence of great tit Parus major and blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, breeding in 75 study plots across Europe and North Africa. We expected an advance in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer springs as a general response to climate warming and a delay in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer winters due to density‐dependent effects. As expected, as spring temperature increases laying date advances and as winter temperature increases clutch size is reduced in both species. Density of great tit affected the relationship between winter temperature and laying date in great and blue tit. Specifically, as density of great tit increased and temperature in winter increased both species started to reproduce later. Density of blue tit affected the relationship between spring temperature and blue and great tit laying date. Thus, both species start to reproduce earlier with increasing spring temperature as density of blue tit increases, which was not an expected outcome, since we expected that increasing spring temperature should advance laying date, while increasing density should delay it cancelling each other out. Climate warming and its interaction with density affects clutch size of great tits but not of blue tits. As predicted, great tit clutch size is reduced more with density of blue tits as temperature in winter increases. The relationship between spring temperature and density on clutch size of great tits depends on whether the increase is in density of great tit or blue tit. Therefore, an increase in temperature negatively affected the coexistence of blue and great tits differently in both species. Thus, blue tit clutch size was unaffected by the interaction effect of density with temperature, while great tit clutch size was affected in multiple ways by these interactions terms.
Published: 2020

22. Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction

Author: Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Finland, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francisco, Charter, Motti, Cichón, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camilo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelly A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Finland, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España), Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francisco, Charter, Motti, Cichón, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camilo, Dubiec, Anna, Doligez, Blandine, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelly A., Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Matthysen, Erik, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., von Numers, Mikael, Orell, Markku, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Walankiewicz, Wiesław, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: We studied the relationship between temperature and the coexistence of great tit Parus major and blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, breeding in 75 study plots across Europe and North Africa. We expected an advance in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer springs as a general response to climate warming and a delay in laying date and a reduction in clutch size during warmer winters due to density-dependent effects. As expected, as spring temperature increases laying date advances and as winter temperature increases clutch size is reduced in both species. Density of great tit affected the relationship between winter temperature and laying date in great and blue tit. Specifically, as density of great tit increased and temperature in winter increased both species started to reproduce later. Density of blue tit affected the relationship between spring temperature and blue and great tit laying date. Thus, both species start to reproduce earlier with increasing spring temperature as density of blue tit increases, which was not an expected outcome, since we expected that increasing spring temperature should advance laying date, while increasing density should delay it cancelling each other out. Climate warming and its interaction with density affects clutch size of great tits but not of blue tits. As predicted, great tit clutch size is reduced more with density of blue tits as temperature in winter increases. The relationship between spring temperature and density on clutch size of great tits depends on whether the increase is in density of great tit or blue tit. Therefore, an increase in temperature negatively affected the coexistence of blue and great tits differently in both species. Thus, blue tit clutch size was unaffected by the interaction effect of density with temperature, while great tit clutch size was affected in multiple ways by these interactions terms.
Published: 2020

23. Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

Author: Radchuk, Viktoriia, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Miguel Avilés, Jesús, Balbontin, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, de Lope, Florentino, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi, Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J. G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Dennis, Hickler, Thomas, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constanti, Stokke, Bård G., Kusano, Tamotsu, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Merilä, Juha, Sheldon, Ben C., Pape Møller, Anders, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Beissinger, Steven R., Courtiol, Alexandre, Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie, Radchuk, Viktoriia, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Miguel Avilés, Jesús, Balbontin, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, de Lope, Florentino, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi, Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J. G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Dennis, Hickler, Thomas, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constanti, Stokke, Bård G., Kusano, Tamotsu, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Merilä, Juha, Sheldon, Ben C., Pape Møller, Anders, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Beissinger, Steven R., Courtiol, Alexandre, and Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie
Abstract: Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether observed trait changes are adaptive. Here we reviewed 10,090 abstracts and extracted data from 71 studies reported in 58 relevant publications, to assess quantitatively whether phenotypic trait changes associated with climate change are adaptive in animals. A meta-analysis focussing on birds, the taxon best represented in our dataset, suggests that global warming has not systematically affected morphological traits, but has advanced phenological traits. We demonstrate that these advances are adaptive for some species, but imperfect as evidenced by the observed consistent selection for earlier timing. Application of a theoretical model indicates that the evolutionary load imposed by incomplete adaptive responses to ongoing climate change may already be threatening the persistence of species.
Published: 2019

24. Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

Author: Radchuk, Viktoriia, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Miguel Avilés, Jesús, Balbontin, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, de Lope, Florentino, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi, Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J.G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Dennis, Hickler, Thomas, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constanti, Stokke, Bård G., Kusano, Tamotsu, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Merilä, Juha, Sheldon, Ben C., Pape Møller, Anders, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Courtiol, Alexandre, Beissinger, Steven R., Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie, Radchuk, Viktoriia, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Miguel Avilés, Jesús, Balbontin, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, de Lope, Florentino, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi, Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J.G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Dennis, Hickler, Thomas, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constanti, Stokke, Bård G., Kusano, Tamotsu, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Merilä, Juha, Sheldon, Ben C., Pape Møller, Anders, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Courtiol, Alexandre, Beissinger, Steven R., and Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie
Abstract: Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether observed trait changes are adaptive. Here we reviewed 10,090 abstracts and extracted data from 71 studies reported in 58 relevant publications, to assess quantitatively whether phenotypic trait changes associated with climate change are adaptive in animals. A meta-analysis focussing on birds, the taxon best represented in our dataset, suggests that global warming has not systematically affected morphological traits, but has advanced phenological traits. We demonstrate that these advances are adaptive for some species, but imperfect as evidenced by the observed consistent selection for earlier timing. Application of a theoretical model indicates that the evolutionary load imposed by incomplete adaptive responses to ongoing climate change may already be threatening the persistence of species.
Published: 2019

25. Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

Author: Radchuk, Viktoriia, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Miguel Avilés, Jesús, Balbontin, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, de Lope, Florentino, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi, Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J. G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Dennis, Hickler, Thomas, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constanti, Stokke, Bård G., Kusano, Tamotsu, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Merilä, Juha, Sheldon, Ben C., Pape Møller, Anders, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Beissinger, Steven R., Courtiol, Alexandre, Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie, Radchuk, Viktoriia, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Miguel Avilés, Jesús, Balbontin, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, de Lope, Florentino, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi, Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J. G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Dennis, Hickler, Thomas, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constanti, Stokke, Bård G., Kusano, Tamotsu, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Merilä, Juha, Sheldon, Ben C., Pape Møller, Anders, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Beissinger, Steven R., Courtiol, Alexandre, and Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie
Abstract: Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether observed trait changes are adaptive. Here we reviewed 10,090 abstracts and extracted data from 71 studies reported in 58 relevant publications, to assess quantitatively whether phenotypic trait changes associated with climate change are adaptive in animals. A meta-analysis focussing on birds, the taxon best represented in our dataset, suggests that global warming has not systematically affected morphological traits, but has advanced phenological traits. We demonstrate that these advances are adaptive for some species, but imperfect as evidenced by the observed consistent selection for earlier timing. Application of a theoretical model indicates that the evolutionary load imposed by incomplete adaptive responses to ongoing climate change may already be threatening the persistence of species.
Published: 2019

26. Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

Author: Radchuk, Viktoriia, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Miguel Avilés, Jesús, Balbontin, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, de Lope, Florentino, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi, Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J.G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Dennis, Hickler, Thomas, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constanti, Stokke, Bård G., Kusano, Tamotsu, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Merilä, Juha, Sheldon, Ben C., Pape Møller, Anders, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Courtiol, Alexandre, Beissinger, Steven R., Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie, Radchuk, Viktoriia, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Miguel Avilés, Jesús, Balbontin, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, de Lope, Florentino, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi, Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J.G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Dennis, Hickler, Thomas, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constanti, Stokke, Bård G., Kusano, Tamotsu, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Merilä, Juha, Sheldon, Ben C., Pape Møller, Anders, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Courtiol, Alexandre, Beissinger, Steven R., and Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie
Abstract: Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether observed trait changes are adaptive. Here we reviewed 10,090 abstracts and extracted data from 71 studies reported in 58 relevant publications, to assess quantitatively whether phenotypic trait changes associated with climate change are adaptive in animals. A meta-analysis focussing on birds, the taxon best represented in our dataset, suggests that global warming has not systematically affected morphological traits, but has advanced phenological traits. We demonstrate that these advances are adaptive for some species, but imperfect as evidenced by the observed consistent selection for earlier timing. Application of a theoretical model indicates that the evolutionary load imposed by incomplete adaptive responses to ongoing climate change may already be threatening the persistence of species.
Published: 2019

27. Adaptive responses of animals to climate change are most likely insufficient

Author: European Commission, Government of Sweden, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), National Science Foundation (US), Department of Energy (US), Viktoriia Radchuk, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Avilés, Jesús M., Balbontín, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, Lope, Florentino de, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi. Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J.G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Thomas Hickler, Dennis, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constantí, Stokke, Bård G., Tamotsu Kusano, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Juha Merilä, Sheldon, Ben C., Møller, Anders Pape, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Beissinger, Steven R., Courtiol, Alexandre, Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie, European Commission, Government of Sweden, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España), National Science Foundation (US), Department of Energy (US), Viktoriia Radchuk, Reed, Thomas, Teplitsky, Céline, van de Pol, Martijn, Charmantier, Anne, Hassall, Christopher, Adamík, Peter, Adriaensen, Frank, Ahola, Markus P., Arcese, Peter, Avilés, Jesús M., Balbontín, Javier, Berg, Karl S., Borras, Antoni, Burthe, Sarah, Clobert, Jean, Dehnhard, Nina, Lope, Florentino de, Dhondt, André A., Dingemanse, Niels J., Doi. Hideyuki, Eeva, Tapio, Fickel, Joerns, Filella, Iolanda, Fossøy, Frode, Goodenough, Anne E., Hall, Stephen J.G., Hansson, Bengt, Harris, Michael, Hasselquist, Thomas Hickler, Dennis, Joshi, Jasmin, Kharouba, Heather, Martínez, Juan Gabriel, Mihoub, Jean-Baptiste, Mills, James A., Molina-Morales, Mercedes, Moksnes, Arne, Ozgul, Arpat, Parejo, Deseada, Pilard, Philippe, Poisbleau, Maud, Rousset, Francois, Rödel, Mark-Oliver, Scott, David, Senar, Juan Carlos, Stefanescu, Constantí, Stokke, Bård G., Tamotsu Kusano, Tarka, Maja, Tarwater, Corey E., Thonicke, Kirsten, Thorley, Jack, Wilting, Andreas, Tryjanowski, Piotr, Juha Merilä, Sheldon, Ben C., Møller, Anders Pape, Matthysen, Erik, Janzen, Fredric, Dobson, F. Stephen, Visser, Marcel E., Beissinger, Steven R., Courtiol, Alexandre, and Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie
Abstract: Biological responses to climate change have been widely documented across taxa and regions, but it remains unclear whether species are maintaining a good match between phenotype and environment, i.e. whether observed trait changes are adaptive. Here we reviewed 10,090 abstracts and extracted data from 71 studies reported in 58 relevant publications, to assess quantitatively whether phenotypic trait changes associated with climate change are adaptive in animals. A meta-analysis focussing on birds, the taxon best represented in our dataset, suggests that global warming has not systematically affected morphological traits, but has advanced phenological traits. We demonstrate that these advances are adaptive for some species, but imperfect as evidenced by the observed consistent selection for earlier timing. Application of a theoretical model indicates that the evolutionary load imposed by incomplete adaptive responses to ongoing climate change may already be threatening the persistence of species.
Published: 2019

28. Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Moller, Anders Pape, Balbontin, Javier, Dhondt, Andre A., Remes, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichon, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders Pape, Balbontin, Javier, Dhondt, Andre A., Remes, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichon, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J., and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Coexistence between great tits Parus major and blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus, but also other hole-nesting taxa, constitutes a classic example of species co-occurrence resulting in potential interference and exploitation competition for food and for breeding and roosting sites. However, the spatial and temporal variations in coexistence and its consequences for competition remain poorly understood. We used an extensive database on reproduction in nest boxes by great and blue tits based on 87 study plots across Europe and Northern Africa during 1957-2012 for a total of 19,075 great tit and 16,729 blue tit clutches to assess correlative evidence for a relationship between laying date and clutch size, respectively, and density consistent with effects of intraspecific and interspecific competition. In an initial set of analyses, we statistically controlled for a suite of site-specific variables. We found evidence for an effect of intraspecific competition on blue tit laying date (later laying at higher density) and clutch size (smaller clutch size at higher density), but no evidence of significant effects of intraspecific competition in great tits, nor effects of interspecific competition for either species. To further control for site-specific variation caused by a range of potentially confounding variables, we compared means and variances in laying date and clutch size of great and blue tits among three categories of difference in density between the two species. We exploited the fact that means and variances are generally positively correlated. If interspecific competition occurs, we predicted a reduction in mean and an increase in variance in clutch size in great tit and blue tit when density of heterospecifics is higher than the density of conspecifics, and for intraspecific competition, this reduction would occur when density of conspecifics is higher than the density of heterospecifics. Such comparisons of temporal patterns of means and variances revealed evidence
Published: 2018
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29. Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A, Remeš, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichoń, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E, Gosler, Andrew G, Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A, Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D, Nager, Ruedi G, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G, Norte, Ana C, Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J, Lambrechts, Marcel M, Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A, Remeš, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichoń, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E, Gosler, Andrew G, Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A, Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D, Nager, Ruedi G, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G, Norte, Ana C, Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J, and Lambrechts, Marcel M
Abstract: Coexistence between great tits Parus major and blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus, but also other hole-nesting taxa, constitutes a classic example of species co-occurrence resulting in potential interference and exploitation competition for food and for breeding and roosting sites. However, the spatial and temporal variations in coexistence and its consequences for competition remain poorly understood. We used an extensive database on reproduction in nest boxes by great and blue tits based on 87 study plots across Europe and Northern Africa during 1957-2012 for a total of 19,075 great tit and 16,729 blue tit clutches to assess correlative evidence for a relationship between laying date and clutch size, respectively, and density consistent with effects of intraspecific and interspecific competition. In an initial set of analyses, we statistically controlled for a suite of site-specific variables. We found evidence for an effect of intraspecific competition on blue tit laying date (later laying at higher density) and clutch size (smaller clutch size at higher density), but no evidence of significant effects of intraspecific competition in great tits, nor effects of interspecific competition for either species. To further control for site-specific variation caused by a range of potentially confounding variables, we compared means and variances in laying date and clutch size of great and blue tits among three categories of difference in density between the two species. We exploited the fact that means and variances are generally positively correlated. If interspecific competition occurs, we predicted a reduction in mean and an increase in variance in clutch size in great tit and blue tit when density of heterospecifics is higher than the density of conspecifics, and for intraspecific competition, this reduction would occur when density of conspecifics is higher than the density of heterospecifics. Such comparisons of temporal patterns of means and variances revealed evide
Published: 2018

30. Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Remeš, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichoń, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Remeš, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichoń, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J., and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: 1. Coexistence between great tits Parus major and blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus, but also other hole‐nesting taxa, constitutes a classic example of species co‐occurrence resulting in potential interference and exploitation competition for food and for breeding and roosting sites. However, the spatial and temporal variations in coexistence and its consequences for competition remain poorly understood. 2. We used an extensive database on reproduction in nest boxes by great and blue tits based on 87 study plots across Europe and Northern Africa during 1957–2012 for a total of 19,075 great tit and 16,729 blue tit clutches to assess correlative evidence for a relationship between laying date and clutch size, respectively, and density consistent with effects of intraspecific and interspecific competition. 3. In an initial set of analyses, we statistically controlled for a suite of site‐specific variables. We found evidence for an effect of intraspecific competition on blue tit laying date (later laying at higher density) and clutch size (smaller clutch size at higher density), but no evidence of significant effects of intraspecific competition in great tits, nor effects of interspecific competition for either species. 4. To further control for site‐specific variation caused by a range of potentially confounding variables, we compared means and variances in laying date and clutch size of great and blue tits among three categories of difference in density between the two species. We exploited the fact that means and variances are generally positively correlated. If interspecific competition occurs, we predicted a reduction in mean and an increase in variance in clutch size in great tit and blue tit when density of heterospecifics is higher than the density of conspecifics, and for intraspecific competition, this reduction would occur when density of conspecifics is higher than the density of heterospecifics. Such comparisons of temporal patterns of means and variances revea
Published: 2018

31. Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A, Remeš, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichoń, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E, Gosler, Andrew G, Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A, Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D, Nager, Ruedi G, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G, Norte, Ana C, Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J, Lambrechts, Marcel M, Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A, Remeš, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichoń, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E, Gosler, Andrew G, Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A, Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D, Nager, Ruedi G, Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G, Norte, Ana C, Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J, and Lambrechts, Marcel M
Abstract: Coexistence between great tits Parus major and blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus, but also other hole-nesting taxa, constitutes a classic example of species co-occurrence resulting in potential interference and exploitation competition for food and for breeding and roosting sites. However, the spatial and temporal variations in coexistence and its consequences for competition remain poorly understood. We used an extensive database on reproduction in nest boxes by great and blue tits based on 87 study plots across Europe and Northern Africa during 1957-2012 for a total of 19,075 great tit and 16,729 blue tit clutches to assess correlative evidence for a relationship between laying date and clutch size, respectively, and density consistent with effects of intraspecific and interspecific competition. In an initial set of analyses, we statistically controlled for a suite of site-specific variables. We found evidence for an effect of intraspecific competition on blue tit laying date (later laying at higher density) and clutch size (smaller clutch size at higher density), but no evidence of significant effects of intraspecific competition in great tits, nor effects of interspecific competition for either species. To further control for site-specific variation caused by a range of potentially confounding variables, we compared means and variances in laying date and clutch size of great and blue tits among three categories of difference in density between the two species. We exploited the fact that means and variances are generally positively correlated. If interspecific competition occurs, we predicted a reduction in mean and an increase in variance in clutch size in great tit and blue tit when density of heterospecifics is higher than the density of conspecifics, and for intraspecific competition, this reduction would occur when density of conspecifics is higher than the density of heterospecifics. Such comparisons of temporal patterns of means and variances revealed evide
Published: 2018

32. Effects of interspecific coexistence on laying date and clutch size in two closely related species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Remeš, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichoń, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J., Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders Pape, Balbontín, Javier, Dhondt, André A., Remeš, Vladimir, Adriaensen, Frank, Biard, Clotilde, Camprodon, Jordi, Cichoń, Mariusz, Doligez, Blandine, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gustafsson, Lars, Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Pinxten, Rianne, Robles, Hugo, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, van Noordwijk, Arie J., and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: 1. Coexistence between great tits Parus major and blue tits Cyanistes caeruleus, but also other hole‐nesting taxa, constitutes a classic example of species co‐occurrence resulting in potential interference and exploitation competition for food and for breeding and roosting sites. However, the spatial and temporal variations in coexistence and its consequences for competition remain poorly understood. 2. We used an extensive database on reproduction in nest boxes by great and blue tits based on 87 study plots across Europe and Northern Africa during 1957–2012 for a total of 19,075 great tit and 16,729 blue tit clutches to assess correlative evidence for a relationship between laying date and clutch size, respectively, and density consistent with effects of intraspecific and interspecific competition. 3. In an initial set of analyses, we statistically controlled for a suite of site‐specific variables. We found evidence for an effect of intraspecific competition on blue tit laying date (later laying at higher density) and clutch size (smaller clutch size at higher density), but no evidence of significant effects of intraspecific competition in great tits, nor effects of interspecific competition for either species. 4. To further control for site‐specific variation caused by a range of potentially confounding variables, we compared means and variances in laying date and clutch size of great and blue tits among three categories of difference in density between the two species. We exploited the fact that means and variances are generally positively correlated. If interspecific competition occurs, we predicted a reduction in mean and an increase in variance in clutch size in great tit and blue tit when density of heterospecifics is higher than the density of conspecifics, and for intraspecific competition, this reduction would occur when density of conspecifics is higher than the density of heterospecifics. Such comparisons of temporal patterns of means and variances revea
Published: 2018

33. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Moller, Anders Pape, Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Moller, Anders Pape
Abstract: The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole-nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large-scale study showing a species-specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanizati
Published: 2016
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34. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Moller, Anders Pape, Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Moller, Anders Pape
Abstract: The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole-nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large-scale study showing a species-specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanizati
Published: 2016
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35. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Moller, Anders Pape, Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Moller, Anders Pape
Abstract: The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole-nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large-scale study showing a species-specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanizati
Published: 2016
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36. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., Pascoal da Silva, Luis, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Møller, Anders Pape, Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., Pascoal da Silva, Luis, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Møller, Anders Pape
Abstract: The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole-nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large-scale study showing a species-specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanizati
Published: 2016

37. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Moller, Anders Pape, Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Moller, Anders Pape
Abstract: The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole-nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large-scale study showing a species-specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanizati
Published: 2016
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38. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., Pascoal da Silva, Luis, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Møller, Anders Pape, Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., Pascoal da Silva, Luis, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Møller, Anders Pape
Abstract: The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole-nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large-scale study showing a species-specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanizati
Published: 2016

39. Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole-nesting birds

Author: Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Moller, Anders Pape, Vaugoyeau, Marie, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Harnist, Iga, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Tryjanowski, Piotr, von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Moller, Anders Pape
Abstract: The increase in size of human populations in urban and agricultural areas has resulted in considerable habitat conversion globally. Such anthropogenic areas have specific environmental characteristics, which influence the physiology, life history, and population dynamics of plants and animals. For example, the date of bud burst is advanced in urban compared to nearby natural areas. In some birds, breeding success is determined by synchrony between timing of breeding and peak food abundance. Pertinently, caterpillars are an important food source for the nestlings of many bird species, and their abundance is influenced by environmental factors such as temperature and date of bud burst. Higher temperatures and advanced date of bud burst in urban areas could advance peak caterpillar abundance and thus affect breeding phenology of birds. In order to test whether laying date advance and clutch sizes decrease with the intensity of urbanization, we analyzed the timing of breeding and clutch size in relation to intensity of urbanization as a measure of human impact in 199 nest box plots across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East (i.e., the Western Palearctic) for four species of hole-nesters: blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus), great tits (Parus major), collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis), and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). Meanwhile, we estimated the intensity of urbanization as the density of buildings surrounding study plots measured on orthophotographs. For the four study species, the intensity of urbanization was not correlated with laying date. Clutch size in blue and great tits does not seem affected by the intensity of urbanization, while in collared and pied flycatchers it decreased with increasing intensity of urbanization. This is the first large-scale study showing a species-specific major correlation between intensity of urbanization and the ecology of breeding. The underlying mechanisms for the relationships between life history and urbanizati
Published: 2016
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40. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Author: Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.
Published: 2014
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41. Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

Author: Moller, Anders Pape, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Chaine, Alexis, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jarvinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kania, Wojciech, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Moreno, Juan, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Russell, Andy, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders Pape, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Chaine, Alexis, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jarvinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kania, Wojciech, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Moreno, Juan, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Russell, Andy, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Secondary hole-nesting birds that do not construct nest holes themselves and hence regularly breed in nest boxes constitute important model systems for field studies in many biological disciplines with hundreds of scientists and amateurs involved. Those research groups are spread over wide geographic areas that experience considerable variation in environmental conditions, and researchers provide nest boxes of varying designs that may inadvertently introduce spatial and temporal variation in reproductive parameters. We quantified the relationship between mean clutch size and nest box size and material after controlling for a range of environmental variables in four of the most widely used model species in the Western Palaearctic: great tit Parus major, blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and collared flycatcher F.albicollis from 365 populations and 79610 clutches. Nest floor area and nest box material varied non-randomly across latitudes and longitudes, showing that scientists did not adopt a random box design. Clutch size increased with nest floor area in great tits, but not in blue tits and flycatchers. Clutch size of blue tits was larger in wooden than in concrete nest boxes. These findings demonstrate that the size of nest boxes and material used to construct nest boxes can differentially affect clutch size in different species. The findings also suggest that the nest box design may affect not only focal species, but also indirectly other species through the effects of nest box design on productivity and therefore potentially population density and hence interspecific competition.
Published: 2014
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42. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Author: Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.
Published: 2014
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43. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Author: Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.
Published: 2014
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44. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Author: Møller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Góźdź, Iga, Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesław, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Góźdź, Iga, Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesław, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.
Published: 2014

45. Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

Author: Møller, Anders Pape, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Chaine, Alexis, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Góźdź, Iga, Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kania, Wojciech, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Moreno, Juan, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Russell, Andy, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., Pascoal da Silva, Luis, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders Pape, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Chaine, Alexis, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Góźdź, Iga, Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Kania, Wojciech, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Moreno, Juan, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Russell, Andy, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., Pascoal da Silva, Luis, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: 1. Secondary hole-nesting birds that do not construct nest holes themselves and hence regularly breed in nest boxes constitute important model systems for field studies in many biological disciplines with hundreds of scientists and amateurs involved. Those research groups are spread over wide geographic areas that experience considerable variation in environmental conditions, and researchers provide nest boxes of varying designs that may inadvertently introduce spatial and temporal variation in reproductive parameters. 2. We quantified the relationship between mean clutch size and nest box size and material after controlling for a range of environmental variables in four of the most widely used model species in the Western Palaearctic: great tit Parus major, blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and collared flycatcher F. albicollis from 365 populations and 79 610 clutches. 3. Nest floor area and nest box material varied non-randomly across latitudes and longitudes, showing that scientists did not adopt a random box design. Clutch size increased with nest floor area in great tits, but not in blue tits and flycatchers. Clutch size of blue tits was larger in wooden than in concrete nest boxes. 4. These findings demonstrate that the size of nest boxes and material used to construct nest boxes can differentially affect clutch size in different species. The findings also suggest that the nest box design may affect not only focal species, but also indirectly other species through the effects of nest box design on productivity and therefore potentially population density and hence interspecific competition
Published: 2014

46. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Author: Møller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Góźdź, Iga, Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesław, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Møller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Bańbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichoń, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., García-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Góźdź, Iga, Grégoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Järvinen, Antero, Juškaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimäki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mänd, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Mönkkönen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Åke, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remeš, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkönen, Seppo, Senar, Juan Carlos, Seppänen, Janne T., da Silva, Luís P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Török, János, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesław, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.
Published: 2014

47. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Author: Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.
Published: 2014

48. Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

Author: Moller, Anders Pape, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Chaine, Alexis, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jarvinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kania, Wojciech, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Moreno, Juan, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Russell, Andy, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders Pape, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Chaine, Alexis, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jarvinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kania, Wojciech, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Moreno, Juan, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Russell, Andy, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Secondary hole-nesting birds that do not construct nest holes themselves and hence regularly breed in nest boxes constitute important model systems for field studies in many biological disciplines with hundreds of scientists and amateurs involved. Those research groups are spread over wide geographic areas that experience considerable variation in environmental conditions, and researchers provide nest boxes of varying designs that may inadvertently introduce spatial and temporal variation in reproductive parameters. We quantified the relationship between mean clutch size and nest box size and material after controlling for a range of environmental variables in four of the most widely used model species in the Western Palaearctic: great tit Parus major, blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and collared flycatcher F.albicollis from 365 populations and 79610 clutches. Nest floor area and nest box material varied non-randomly across latitudes and longitudes, showing that scientists did not adopt a random box design. Clutch size increased with nest floor area in great tits, but not in blue tits and flycatchers. Clutch size of blue tits was larger in wooden than in concrete nest boxes. These findings demonstrate that the size of nest boxes and material used to construct nest boxes can differentially affect clutch size in different species. The findings also suggest that the nest box design may affect not only focal species, but also indirectly other species through the effects of nest box design on productivity and therefore potentially population density and hence interspecific competition.
Published: 2014

49. Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds

Author: Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders P., Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Demeyrier, Virginie, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-Del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jaervinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Korpimaeki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Maend, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Moenkkoenen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Rytkoenen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppaenen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis P., Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wieslaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Nests are structures built to support and protect eggs and/or offspring from predators, parasites, and adverse weather conditions. Nests are mainly constructed prior to egg laying, meaning that parent birds must make decisions about nest site choice and nest building behavior before the start of egg-laying. Parent birds should be selected to choose nest sites and to build optimally sized nests, yet our current understanding of clutch size-nest size relationships is limited to small-scale studies performed over short time periods. Here, we quantified the relationship between clutch size and nest size, using an exhaustive database of 116 slope estimates based on 17,472 nests of 21 species of hole and non-hole-nesting birds. There was a significant, positive relationship between clutch size and the base area of the nest box or the nest, and this relationship did not differ significantly between open nesting and hole-nesting species. The slope of the relationship showed significant intraspecific and interspecific heterogeneity among four species of secondary hole-nesting species, but also among all 116 slope estimates. The estimated relationship between clutch size and nest box base area in study sites with more than a single size of nest box was not significantly different from the relationship using studies with only a single size of nest box. The slope of the relationship between clutch size and nest base area in different species of birds was significantly negatively related to minimum base area, and less so to maximum base area in a given study. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that bird species have a general reaction norm reflecting the relationship between nest size and clutch size. Further, they suggest that scientists may influence the clutch size decisions of hole-nesting birds through the provisioning of nest boxes of varying sizes.
Published: 2014
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50. Clutch-size variation in Western Palaearctic secondary hole-nesting passerine birds in relation to nest box design

Author: Moller, Anders Pape, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Chaine, Alexis, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jarvinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kania, Wojciech, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Moreno, Juan, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Russell, Andy, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesaw, Lambrechts, Marcel M., Moller, Anders Pape, Adriaensen, Frank, Artemyev, Alexandr, Banbura, Jerzy, Barba, Emilio, Biard, Clotilde, Blondel, Jacques, Bouslama, Zihad, Bouvier, Jean-Charles, Camprodon, Jordi, Cecere, Francesco, Chaine, Alexis, Charmantier, Anne, Charter, Motti, Cichon, Mariusz, Cusimano, Camillo, Czeszczewik, Dorota, Doligez, Blandine, Doutrelant, Claire, Dubiec, Anna, Eens, Marcel, Eeva, Tapio, Faivre, Bruno, Ferns, Peter N., Forsman, Jukka T., Garcia-del-Rey, Eduardo, Goldshtein, Aya, Goodenough, Anne E., Gosler, Andrew G., Gozdz, Iga, Gregoire, Arnaud, Gustafsson, Lars, Hartley, Ian R., Heeb, Philipp, Hinsley, Shelley A., Isenmann, Paul, Jacob, Staffan, Jarvinen, Antero, Juskaitis, Rimvydas, Kania, Wojciech, Korpimaki, Erkki, Krams, Indrikis, Laaksonen, Toni, Leclercq, Bernard, Lehikoinen, Esa, Loukola, Olli, Lundberg, Arne, Mainwaring, Mark C., Mand, Raivo, Massa, Bruno, Mazgajski, Tomasz D., Merino, Santiago, Mitrus, Cezary, Monkkonen, Mikko, Morales-Fernaz, Judith, Moreno, Juan, Morin, Xavier, Nager, Ruedi G., Nilsson, Jan-Ake, Nilsson, Sven G., Norte, Ana C., Orell, Markku, Perret, Philippe, Perrins, Christopher M., Pimentel, Carla S., Pinxten, Rianne, Priedniece, Ilze, Quidoz, Marie-Claude, Remes, Vladimir, Richner, Heinz, Robles, Hugo, Russell, Andy, Rytkonen, Seppo, Carlos Senar, Juan, Seppanen, Janne T., da Silva, Luis Pascoal, Slagsvold, Tore, Solonen, Tapio, Sorace, Alberto, Stenning, Martyn J., Toeroek, Janos, Tryjanowski, Piotr, van Noordwijk, Arie J., von Numers, Mikael, Walankiewicz, Wiesaw, and Lambrechts, Marcel M.
Abstract: Secondary hole-nesting birds that do not construct nest holes themselves and hence regularly breed in nest boxes constitute important model systems for field studies in many biological disciplines with hundreds of scientists and amateurs involved. Those research groups are spread over wide geographic areas that experience considerable variation in environmental conditions, and researchers provide nest boxes of varying designs that may inadvertently introduce spatial and temporal variation in reproductive parameters. We quantified the relationship between mean clutch size and nest box size and material after controlling for a range of environmental variables in four of the most widely used model species in the Western Palaearctic: great tit Parus major, blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus, pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca and collared flycatcher F.albicollis from 365 populations and 79610 clutches. Nest floor area and nest box material varied non-randomly across latitudes and longitudes, showing that scientists did not adopt a random box design. Clutch size increased with nest floor area in great tits, but not in blue tits and flycatchers. Clutch size of blue tits was larger in wooden than in concrete nest boxes. These findings demonstrate that the size of nest boxes and material used to construct nest boxes can differentially affect clutch size in different species. The findings also suggest that the nest box design may affect not only focal species, but also indirectly other species through the effects of nest box design on productivity and therefore potentially population density and hence interspecific competition.
Published: 2014

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