Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range restricted mountain bird

Oswald, Krista N; Smit, Ben; Lee, Alan T K; Peng, Ceili L; Brock, Cameryn; Cunningham, Susan J

Title: Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range restricted mountain bird
Creator: Oswald, Krista N
Creator: Smit, Ben
Creator: Lee, Alan T K
Creator: Peng, Ceili L
Creator: Brock, Cameryn
Creator: Cunningham, Susan J
Subject: To be catalogued
Date Issued: 2021
Date: 2021
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/440547
Identifier: vital:73791
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02756
Description: Demonstrated negative effects of increased temperatures on avian reproductive success suggest a mechanism by which climate change may impact species persistence. High temperatures can result in reduced parental care and reduced nestling condition in passerines with dependent young, resulting in lowered fledging success and population recruitment. We examined provisioning rate and nestling condition in a South African mountain endemic, the Cape rockjumper Chaetops frenatus, whose population declines correlate with warming habitat. Our aim was to determine whether rockjumper reproductive success could be affected by high air temperatures. We set up video cameras on nests at three nestling age classes (≤ 7 days old; 8–12 days old; ≥ 13 days old) for 8 hours on 37 separate days.
Format: 10 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: Journal of Avian Biology
Relation: Oswald, K.N., Smit, B., Lee, A.T., Peng, C.L., Brock, C. and Cunningham, S.J., 2021. Higher temperatures are associated with reduced nestling body condition in a range‐restricted mountain bird. Journal of Avian Biology, 52(8)
Relation: Journal of Avian Biology volume 52 number 8 1 10 2021
Rights: Publisher
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