Nest size variation not related to breeding success
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 18:00
in Biology & Nature
Contrary to expectations, the size of the Blue Tits' nests is unrelated to their breeding success. The researchers behind a forthcoming study in The Auk: Ornithological Advances spent 18 years making more than 1,200 measurements of Blue Tit nests in southern France and found that bigger nests don't produce better birds after all.