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

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Vriend, S. J. (Stefan J. G.), Grotan, V. (Vidar), Gamelon, M. (Marlene), Adriaensen, F. (Frank), Ahola, M. P. (Markus P.), Alvarez, E. (Elena), Bailey, L. D. (Liam D.), Barba, E. (Emilio), Bouvier, J.-C. (Jean-Charles), Burgess, M. D. (Malcolm D.), Bushuev, A. (Andrey), Camacho, C. (Carlos), Canal, D. (David), Charmantier, A. (Anne), Cole, E. F. (Ella F.), Cusimano, C. (Camillo), Doligez, B. F. (Blandine F.), Drobniak, S. M. (Szymon M.), Dubiec, A. (Anna), Eens, M. (Marcel), Eeva, T. (Tapio), Erikstad, K. E. (Kjell Einar), Ferns, P. N. (Peter N.), Goodenough, A. E. (Anne E.), Hartley, I. R. (Ian R.), Hinsley, S. A. (Shelley A.), Ivankina, E. (Elena), Juskaitis, R. (Rimvydas), Kempenaers, B. (Bart), Kerimov, A. B. (Anvar B.), Kalas, J. A. (John Atle), Lavigne, C. (Claire), Leivits, A. (Agu), Mainwaring, M. C. (Mark C.), Martinez-Padilla, J. (Jesus), Matthysen, E. (Erik), van Oers, K. (Kees), Orell, M. (Markku), Pinxten, R. (Rianne), Reiertsen, T. K. (Tone Kristin), Rytkönen, S. (Seppo), Senar, J. C. (Juan Carlos), Sheldon, B. C. (Ben C.), Sorace, A. (Alberto), Torok, J. (Janos), Vatka, E. (Emma), Visser, M. E. (Marcel E.), Saether, B.-E. (Bernt-Erik), Vriend, S. J. (Stefan J. G.), Grotan, V. (Vidar), Gamelon, M. (Marlene), Adriaensen, F. (Frank), Ahola, M. P. (Markus P.), Alvarez, E. (Elena), Bailey, L. D. (Liam D.), Barba, E. (Emilio), Bouvier, J.-C. (Jean-Charles), Burgess, M. D. (Malcolm D.), Bushuev, A. (Andrey), Camacho, C. (Carlos), Canal, D. (David), Charmantier, A. (Anne), Cole, E. F. (Ella F.), Cusimano, C. (Camillo), Doligez, B. F. (Blandine F.), Drobniak, S. M. (Szymon M.), Dubiec, A. (Anna), Eens, M. (Marcel), Eeva, T. (Tapio), Erikstad, K. E. (Kjell Einar), Ferns, P. N. (Peter N.), Goodenough, A. E. (Anne E.), Hartley, I. R. (Ian R.), Hinsley, S. A. (Shelley A.), Ivankina, E. (Elena), Juskaitis, R. (Rimvydas), Kempenaers, B. (Bart), Kerimov, A. B. (Anvar B.), Kalas, J. A. (John Atle), Lavigne, C. (Claire), Leivits, A. (Agu), Mainwaring, M. C. (Mark C.), Martinez-Padilla, J. (Jesus), Matthysen, E. (Erik), van Oers, K. (Kees), Orell, M. (Markku), Pinxten, R. (Rianne), Reiertsen, T. K. (Tone Kristin), Rytkönen, S. (Seppo), Senar, J. C. (Juan Carlos), Sheldon, B. C. (Ben C.), Sorace, A. (Alberto), Torok, J. (Janos), Vatka, E. (Emma), Visser, M. E. (Marcel E.), and Saether, B.-E. (Bernt-Erik)

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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

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

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Bailey, L. D. (Liam D.), van de Pol, M. (Martijn), Adriaensen, F. (Frank), Arct, A. (Aneta), Barba, E. (Emilio), Bellamy, P. E. (Paul E.), Bonamour, S. (Suzanne), Bouvier, J.-C. (Jean-Charles), Burgess, M. D. (Malcolm D.), Charmantier, A. (Anne), Cusimano, C. (Camillo), Doligez, B. (Blandine), Drobniak, S. M. (Szymon M.), Dubiec, A. (Anna), Eens, M. (Marcel), Eeva, T. (Tapio), Ferns, P. N. (Peter N.), Goodenough, A. E. (Anne E.), Hartley, I. R. (Ian R.), Hinsley, S. A. (Shelley A.), Ivankina, E. (Elena), Juskaitis, R. (Rimvydas), Kempenaers, B. (Bart), Kerimov, A. B. (Anvar B.), Lavigne, C. (Claire), Leivits, A. (Agu), Mainwaring, M. C. (Mark C.), Matthysen, E. (Erik), Nilsson, J.-A. (Jan-Ake), Orell, M. (Markku), Rytkönen, S. (Seppo), Carlos Senar, J. (Juan), Sheldon, B. C. (Ben C.), Sorace, A. (Alberto), Stenning, M. J. (Martyn J.), Torok, J. (Janos), van Oers, K. (Kees), Vatka, E. (Emma), Vriend, S. J. (Stefan J. G.), Visser, M. E. (Marcel E.), Bailey, L. D. (Liam D.), van de Pol, M. (Martijn), Adriaensen, F. (Frank), Arct, A. (Aneta), Barba, E. (Emilio), Bellamy, P. E. (Paul E.), Bonamour, S. (Suzanne), Bouvier, J.-C. (Jean-Charles), Burgess, M. D. (Malcolm D.), Charmantier, A. (Anne), Cusimano, C. (Camillo), Doligez, B. (Blandine), Drobniak, S. M. (Szymon M.), Dubiec, A. (Anna), Eens, M. (Marcel), Eeva, T. (Tapio), Ferns, P. N. (Peter N.), Goodenough, A. E. (Anne E.), Hartley, I. R. (Ian R.), Hinsley, S. A. (Shelley A.), Ivankina, E. (Elena), Juskaitis, R. (Rimvydas), Kempenaers, B. (Bart), Kerimov, A. B. (Anvar B.), Lavigne, C. (Claire), Leivits, A. (Agu), Mainwaring, M. C. (Mark C.), Matthysen, E. (Erik), Nilsson, J.-A. (Jan-Ake), Orell, M. (Markku), Rytkönen, S. (Seppo), Carlos Senar, J. (Juan), Sheldon, B. C. (Ben C.), Sorace, A. (Alberto), Stenning, M. J. (Martyn J.), Torok, J. (Janos), van Oers, K. (Kees), Vatka, E. (Emma), Vriend, S. J. (Stefan J. G.), and Visser, M. E. (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

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

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Moller, A. P. (Anders Pape), Balbontin, J. (Javier), Dhondt, A. A. (Andre A.), Adriaensen, F. (Frank), Artemyev, A. (Alexandr), Banbura, J. (Jerzy), Barba, E. (Emilio), Biard, C. (Clotilde), Blondel, J. (Jacques), Bouvier, J.-C. (Jean-Charles), Camprodon, J. (Jordi), Cecere, F. (Francesco), Charter, M. (Motti), Cichon, M. (Mariusz), Cusimano, C. (Camillo), Dubiec, A. (Anna), Eens, M. (Marcel), Eeva, T. (Tapio), Ferns, P. N. (Peter N.), Forsman, J. T. (Jukka T.), Goldshtein, A. (Aya), Goodenough, A. E. (Anne E.), Gosler, A. G. (Andrew G.), Gustafsson, L. (Lars), Harnist, I. (Iga), Hartley, I. R. (Ian R.), Heeb, P. (Philipp), Hinsley, S. A. (Shelley A.), Jacob, S. (Staffan), Jarvinen, A. (Antero), Juskaitis, R. (Rimvydas), Korpimaki, E. (Erkki), Krams, I. (Indrikis), Laaksonen, T. (Toni), Leclercq, B. (Bernard), Lehikoinen, E. (Esa), Loukola, O. (Olli), Mainwaring, M. C. (Mark C.), Mand, R. (Raivo), Massa, B. (Bruno), Matthysen, E. (Erik), Mazgajski, T. D. (Tomasz D.), Merino, S. (Santiago), Mitrus, C. (Cezary), Monkkonen, M. (Mikko), Nager, R. G. (Ruedi G.), Nilsson, J.-a. (Jan-ake), Nilsson, S. G. (Sven G.), Norte, A. C. (Ana C.), von Numers, M. (Mikael), Orell, M. (Markku), Pimentel, C. S. (Carla S.), Pinxten, R. (Rianne), Priedniece, I. (Ilze), Remes, V. (Vladimir), Richner, H. (Heinz), Robles, H. (Hugo), Rytkonen, S. (Seppo), Senar, J. C. (Juan Carlos), Seppanen, J. T. (Janne T.), da Silva, L. P. (Luis P.), Slagsvold, T. (Tore), Solonen, T. (Tapio), Sorace, A. (Alberto), Stenning, M. J. (Martyn J.), Torok, J. (Janos), Tryjanowski, P. (Piotr), van Noordwijk, A. J. (Arie J.), Walankiewicz, W. (Wieslaw), Lambrechts, M. M. (Marcel M.), Moller, A. P. (Anders Pape), Balbontin, J. (Javier), Dhondt, A. A. (Andre A.), Adriaensen, F. (Frank), Artemyev, A. (Alexandr), Banbura, J. (Jerzy), Barba, E. (Emilio), Biard, C. (Clotilde), Blondel, J. (Jacques), Bouvier, J.-C. (Jean-Charles), Camprodon, J. (Jordi), Cecere, F. (Francesco), Charter, M. (Motti), Cichon, M. (Mariusz), Cusimano, C. (Camillo), Dubiec, A. (Anna), Eens, M. (Marcel), Eeva, T. (Tapio), Ferns, P. N. (Peter N.), Forsman, J. T. (Jukka T.), Goldshtein, A. (Aya), Goodenough, A. E. (Anne E.), Gosler, A. G. (Andrew G.), Gustafsson, L. (Lars), Harnist, I. (Iga), Hartley, I. R. (Ian R.), Heeb, P. (Philipp), Hinsley, S. A. (Shelley A.), Jacob, S. (Staffan), Jarvinen, A. (Antero), Juskaitis, R. (Rimvydas), Korpimaki, E. (Erkki), Krams, I. (Indrikis), Laaksonen, T. (Toni), Leclercq, B. (Bernard), Lehikoinen, E. (Esa), Loukola, O. (Olli), Mainwaring, M. C. (Mark C.), Mand, R. (Raivo), Massa, B. (Bruno), Matthysen, E. (Erik), Mazgajski, T. D. (Tomasz D.), Merino, S. (Santiago), Mitrus, C. (Cezary), Monkkonen, M. (Mikko), Nager, R. G. (Ruedi G.), Nilsson, J.-a. (Jan-ake), Nilsson, S. G. (Sven G.), Norte, A. C. (Ana C.), von Numers, M. (Mikael), Orell, M. (Markku), Pimentel, C. S. (Carla S.), Pinxten, R. (Rianne), Priedniece, I. (Ilze), Remes, V. (Vladimir), Richner, H. (Heinz), Robles, H. (Hugo), Rytkonen, S. (Seppo), Senar, J. C. (Juan Carlos), Seppanen, J. T. (Janne T.), da Silva, L. P. (Luis P.), Slagsvold, T. (Tore), Solonen, T. (Tapio), Sorace, A. (Alberto), Stenning, M. J. (Martyn J.), Torok, J. (Janos), Tryjanowski, P. (Piotr), van Noordwijk, A. J. (Arie J.), Walankiewicz, W. (Wieslaw), and Lambrechts, M. M. (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

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

Author

VAUGOYEAU, M., ADRIAENSEN, F., ARTEMYEV, A., BAŃBURA, J., BARBA, E., BIARD, C., BLONDEL, J., BOUSLAMA, Z., BOUVIER, J-C., CAMPRODON, J., CECERE, F., CHARMANTIER, A., CHARTER, M., CICHOŃ, M., CUSIMANO, C., CZESZCZEWIK, D., DEMEYRIER, V., DOLIGEZ, B., DOUTRELANT, C., DUBIEC, A., EENS, M., EEVA, T., FAIVRE, B., FERNS, P. N., FORSMAN, J. T., GARCÍA-DEL-REY, E., GOLDSHTEIN, A., GOODENOUGH, A. E., GOSLER, A. G., GRÉGOIRE, A., GUSTAFSSON, L., HARNIST, I., HARTLEY, I. R., HEEB, P., HINSLEY, S. A., ISENMANN, P., JACOB, S., JUŠKAITIS, R., KORPIMÄKI, E., KRAMS, I., LAAKSONEN, T., LAMBRECHTS, M. M., LECLERCQ, B., LEHIKOINEN, E., LOUKOLA, O., LUNDBERG, A., MAINWARING, M. C., MÄND, R., MASSA, B., MAZGAJSKI, T. D., MERINO, S., MITRUS, C., MÖNKKÖNEN, M., MORIN, X., NAGER, R. G., NILSSON, J-Å., NILSSON, S. G., NORTE, A. C., ORELL, M., PERRET, P., PERRINS, C. M., PIMENTEL, C. S., PINXTEN, R., RICHNER, H., ROBLES, H., RYTKÖNEN, S., SENAR, J. C., SEPPÄNEN, J. T., DA SILVA, L. P., SLAGSVOLD, T., SOLONEN, T., SORACE, A., STENNING, M. J., TRYJANOWSKI, P., VON NUMERS, M., WALANKIEWICZ, W., MØLLER, A. P. and VAUGOYEAU, M., ADRIAENSEN, F., ARTEMYEV, A., BAŃBURA, J., BARBA, E., BIARD, C., BLONDEL, J., BOUSLAMA, Z., BOUVIER, J-C., CAMPRODON, J., CECERE, F., CHARMANTIER, A., CHARTER, M., CICHOŃ, M., CUSIMANO, C., CZESZCZEWIK, D., DEMEYRIER, V., DOLIGEZ, B., DOUTRELANT, C., DUBIEC, A., EENS, M., EEVA, T., FAIVRE, B., FERNS, P. N., FORSMAN, J. T., GARCÍA-DEL-REY, E., GOLDSHTEIN, A., GOODENOUGH, A. E., GOSLER, A. G., GRÉGOIRE, A., GUSTAFSSON, L., HARNIST, I., HARTLEY, I. R., HEEB, P., HINSLEY, S. A., ISENMANN, P., JACOB, S., JUŠKAITIS, R., KORPIMÄKI, E., KRAMS, I., LAAKSONEN, T., LAMBRECHTS, M. M., LECLERCQ, B., LEHIKOINEN, E., LOUKOLA, O., LUNDBERG, A., MAINWARING, M. C., MÄND, R., MASSA, B., MAZGAJSKI, T. D., MERINO, S., MITRUS, C., MÖNKKÖNEN, M., MORIN, X., NAGER, R. G., NILSSON, J-Å., NILSSON, S. G., NORTE, A. C., ORELL, M., PERRET, P., PERRINS, C. M., PIMENTEL, C. S., PINXTEN, R., RICHNER, H., ROBLES, H., RYTKÖNEN, S., SENAR, J. C., SEPPÄNEN, J. T., DA SILVA, L. P., SLAGSVOLD, T., SOLONEN, T., SORACE, A., STENNING, M. J., TRYJANOWSKI, P., VON NUMERS, M., WALANKIEWICZ, W., MØLLER, A. P.

Published
2016

11. Functional properties of nests

Author

Deeming, D. Charles, Reynolds, S. James, Deeming, D. C., Mainwaring, M. C., Deeming, D. Charles, Reynolds, S. James, Deeming, D. C., and Mainwaring, M. C.

12. The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: A review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases

Author

Jean Charles Bouvier, Martyn J. Stenning, Caren B. Cooper, Chan Ryul Park, Christopher M. Perrins, Tapio Eeva, Marcel M. Lambrechts, Beat Naef-Daenzer, Emilio Barba, Bengt Silverin, Henrik G. Smith, Arie J. van Noordwijk, L. Scott Johnson, Jordi Camprodon, Anders Pape Møller, Charles F. Thompson, Paulo E. Llambías, Anne E. Goodenough, Oskars Keišs, Bruno Faivre, Jaime Potti, Jan Ke Nilsson, Francisco Atiénzar, Nadia Ziane, Jerzy Bańbura, Alberto Sorace, Tore Slagsvold, Daniel R. Ardia, Arnaud Grégoire, Simon C. Griffith, Lars Gustafsson, Frank Adriaensen, János Török, Marcel Eens, Markku Orell, Alexandr Artemyev, Heinz Richner, Jan Pinowski, Andrew G. Gosler, Ian R. K. Stewart, Vladimír Remeš, Juan Moreno, Jiri Porkert, Seppo Rytkönen, Tomasz D. Mazgajski, David W. Winkler, Bruno Massa, Russell D. Dawson, Ken A. Otter, Ming Tang Shiao, László Zsolt Garamszegi, Piotr Tryjanowski, Wojciech Kania, Mark C. Mainwaring, Raivo Mänd, Ana Cláudia Norte, Animal Ecology (AnE), Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE), Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UM3)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud])-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Evolutionary Ecology Group, University of Antwerp (UA), Department of Biology, Franklin & Marshall College, Institute of Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences [Moscow] (RAS), Terrestrial Vertebrates Research Unit 'Cavanilles', University of Valencia-Institute of Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology, Department of Experimental Zoology & Evolutionary Biology, Łódź University of Technology, Unité de recherche Plantes et Systèmes de Culture Horticoles (PSH), Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA), Biodiversity Department, Forest Technology Center of Catalonia, Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, Cornell University, Ecosystem Science and Management Program, University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC), Department of Biology (Ethology), Section of Ecology, University of Turku, Biogéosciences [UMR 6282] [Dijon] (BGS), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Department of Evolutionary Ecology, Estacion Biologica de Donana, Department of Natural and Social Sciences, University of Gloucestershire, Department of Zoology, Edward Grey Institute of Field Ornithology-Institute of Human Sciences, Department of Brain, Behaviour and Evolution, Macquarie University, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Towson University [Towson, MD, United States], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Ornithological Station, Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN)-Museum and Institute of Zoology, Laboratory of Ornithology, University of Latvia (LU), Ecologia del Comportamiento Animal, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas [Buenos Aires] (CONICET), Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, University of Tartu, Stazione Inanellamento c/o Dipartimento SEN-FIMIZO, Università di Palermo, Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polska Akademia Nauk (PAN), Ecologie Systématique et Evolution (ESE), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-AgroParisTech-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Center for Advanced Study, Departamento de Ecología Evolutiva, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Spain] (CSIC)-Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Swiss Ornithological Institute, Animal Ecology, Lund University [Lund], Department of Life Sciences, University of Coimbra [Portugal] (UC), University of Oulu, Warm-temperate Forest Research Center, Korea Forest Research Institute, Center of Ecological Research, Palacky University, Institute of Ecology & Evolution (IEE), University of Bern, Wildlife laboratory, National Taiwan University [Taiwan] (NTU), University of Gothenburg (GU), Department of Biosciences [Oslo], Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences [Oslo], University of Oslo (UiO)-University of Oslo (UiO), School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex, University of Kentucky, Behavior, Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics Section, Illinois State University, Behavioural Ecology Group, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Institute of Zoology, Poznan University of Life Sciences, Netherlands Institute of Ecology, Laboratory of Ornithology and Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Laboratoire d'Ecophysiologie animale, Département de Biologie, Lambrechts, M M, Adriaensen, F, Ardia, D R, Artemyev, A V, Atiénzar, F, Bańbura, J, Barba, E, Bouvier, J-C, Camprodon, J, Cooper, C B, Dawson, R D, Eens, M, Eeva, T, Faivre, B, Garamszegi, L Z, Goodenough, A E, Gosler, A G, Grégoire, A, Griffith, S C, Gustafsson, L, Johnson, L S, Kania, W, Keišs, O, Llambias, P E, Mainwaring, M C, Mänd, R, Massa, B, Mazgajski, T D, Møller, A P, Moreno, J, Naef-Daenzer, B, Nilsson, J-C, Norte, A C, Orell, M, Otter, K A, Park, Ch R, Perrins, Ch M, Pinowski, J, Porkert, J, Potti, J, Remes, V, Richner, H, Rytkönen, S, Shiao, M-T, Silverin, B, Slagsvold, T, Smith, H G, Sorace, A, Stenning, M J, Stewart, I, Thompson, Ch F, Török, J, Tryjanowski, P, van Noordwijk, A J, Winkler, D W, Ziane, N, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-École pratique des hautes études (EPHE), Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Université Paul-Valéry - Montpellier 3 (UPVM)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD [France-Sud]), Centre de Ciència i Tecnologia Forestal de Catalunya (CTFC), Cornell University [New York], University of Northern British Columbia [Prince George] (UNBC), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC), Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)-Museum and Institute of Zoology, Polska Akademia Nauk = Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN), Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [Madrid] (CSIC)-Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN), Palacky University Olomouc, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive ( CEFE ), Université Paul-Valéry - 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Subjects
PASSERINES, 0106 biological sciences, Nest-box, design, measures, PARUS, SECONDARY CAVITY-NESTING BIRDS, Otras Ciencias Biológicas, NEST SITES, FLYCATCHER, Ficedula, 010603 evolutionary biology, 01 natural sciences, [ SDV.EE ] Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, 010605 ornithology, methods, field experiments, Ciencias Biológicas, nestboxes, tit, Cyanistes, Research based, Statistics, NESTBOXES, FIELD EXPERIMENTS, Nest box, Biological sciences, Biology, secondary cavity-nesting birds, FICEDULA, Parus, [SDV.EE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Ecology, environment, [ SDE.BE ] Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, biology, Ecology, nest sites, passerines, biology.organism_classification, 3. Good health, TIT, Settore AGR/11 - Entomologia Generale E Applicata, CYANISTES, flycatcher, METHODS, Nesting (computing), Animal Science and Zoology, [SDE.BE]Environmental Sciences/Biodiversity and Ecology, CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
Abstract

The widespread use of artificial nestboxes has led to significant advances in our knowledge of the ecology, behaviour and physiology of cavity nesting birds, especially small passerines. Nestboxes have made it easier to perform routine monitoring and experimental manipulation of eggs or nestlings, and also repeatedly to capture, identify and manipulate the parents. However, when comparing results across study sites the use of nestboxes may also introduce a potentially significant confounding variable in the form of differences in nestbox design amongst studies, such as their physical dimensions, placement height, and the way in which they are constructed and maintained. However, the use of nestboxes may also introduce an unconsidered and potentially significant confounding variable due to differences in nestbox design amongst studies, such as their physical dimensions, placement height, and the way in which they are constructed and maintained. Here we review to what extent the characteristics of artificial nestboxes (e.g. size, shape, construction material, colour) are documented in the 'methods' sections of publications involving hole-nesting passerine birds using natural or excavated cavities or artificial nestboxes for reproduction and roosting. Despite explicit previous recommendations that authors describe in detail the characteristics of the nestboxes used, we found that the description of nestbox characteristics in most recent publications remains poor and insufficient. We therefore list the types of descriptive data that should be included in the methods sections of relevant manuscripts and justify this by discussing how variation in nestbox characteristics can affect or confound conclusions from nestbox studies. We also propose several recommendations to improve the reliability and usefulness of research based on long-term studies of any secondary hole-nesting species using artificial nestboxes for breeding or roosting.

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2010
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