Breeding decisions and output are correlated with both temperature and rainfall in an arid-region passerine, the sociable weaver

Individual and demographic consequences of reduced body condition following repeated exposure to high temperatures

(2015) Janet L. Gardner et al.   ECOLOGY

Rapid warming and drought negatively impact population size and reproductive dynamics of an avian predator in the arid southwest

(2015) Kirsten K. Cruz-McDonnell et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Antagonistic effect of helpers on breeding male and female survival in a cooperatively breeding bird

(2015) Matthieu Paquet et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Can behaviour buffer the impacts of climate change on an arid-zone bird?

(2015) Susan J Cunningham et al.   OSTRICH

Precipitation and winter temperature predict long-term range-scale abundance changes in Western North American birds

(2014) Javier Gutiérrez Illán et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

At the crossroads of physiology and ecology: Food supply and the timing of avian reproduction

(2014) Scott Davies et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Tawny OwlStrix alucoas an indicator of Barn OwlTyto albabreeding biology and the effect of winter severity on Barn Owl reproduction

(2014) Alexandre Chausson et al.   IBIS

Egg-laying and rainfall synchrony in an endangered bird species: Implications for conservation in a changing climate

(2013) Denis A. Saunders et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The thermoregulatory benefits of the communal nest of sociable weaversPhiletairus sociusare spatially structured within nests

(2013) René E. van Dijk et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Climate, social factors and research disturbance influence population dynamics in a declining sociable weaver metapopulation

(2013) Res Altwegg et al.   OECOLOGIA

Phenological indices of avian reproduction: cryptic shifts and prediction across large spatial and temporal scales

(2013) Philippa Gullett et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Weather effects on avian breeding performance and implications of climate change

(2012) Susan K. Skagen et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

The costs of keeping cool in a warming world: implications of high temperatures for foraging, thermoregulation and body condition of an arid-zone bird

(2012) Katherine L. du Plessis et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Variation in phenotypic plasticity and selection patterns in blue tit breeding time: between- and within-population comparisons

(2012) Melody Porlier et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

A general and simple method for obtainingR2from generalized linear mixed-effects models

(2012) Shinichi Nakagawa et al.   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Cues and the optimal timing of activities under environmental changes

(2011) John M. McNamara et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Coordinating Theoretical and Empirical Efforts to Understand the Linkages Between Organisms and Environments

(2011) M. J. Angilletta et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

Spring phenology does not affect timing of reproduction in the great tit (Parus major)

(2011) S. V. Schaper et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Lifetime growth in wild meerkats: incorporating life history and environmental factors into a standard growth model

(2011) Sinéad English et al.   OECOLOGIA

What do simple models reveal about the population dynamics of a cooperatively breeding species?

(2011) A. W. Bateman et al.   OIKOS

Swarming flights of the fungus-growing termite, Macrotermes natalensis (Haviland) (Isoptera: Macrotermitinae), and the environmental factors affecting their timing and duration

(2009) J. D. Mitchell   AFRICAN ENTOMOLOGY

Experimental evidence for density-dependent reproduction in a cooperatively breeding passerine

(2009) Lyanne Brouwer et al.   ECOLOGY

Rainfall in arid zones: possible effects of climate change on the population ecology of blue cranes

(2009) Res Altwegg et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Projected Changes in Mean and Extreme Precipitation in Africa under Global Warming. Part I: Southern Africa

(2009) M. E. Shongwe et al.   JOURNAL OF CLIMATE

The impacts of climate change on the annual cycles of birds

(2009) C. Carey   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Temperature has a causal effect on avian timing of reproduction

(2009) M. E. Visser et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Helpers in colonial cooperatively breeding sociable weavers Philetairus socius contribute to buffer the effects of adverse breeding conditions

(2008) Rita Covas et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Winter feeding of birds increases productivity in the subsequent breeding season

(2008) G. N Robb et al.   Biology Letters

Ambient temperature effects on photo induced gonadal cycles and hormonal secretion patterns in Great Tits from three different breeding latitudes

(2008) Bengt Silverin et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

THE THERMAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEST OF THE SOCIABLE WEAVER PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS: SUMMER OBSERVATIONS

(2008) George A. Bartholomew et al.   IBIS

THE THERMAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEST OF THE SOCIABLE WEAVER PHILETAIRUS SOCIUS: WINTER OBSERVATIONS

(2008) Fred N. White et al.   IBIS

Rainfall as a breeding stimulus and clutch size determinant in South African arid-zone birds

(2008) Penn Lloyd   IBIS

Fine-scale life-history variation in sociable weavers in relation to colony size

(2008) Claire N. Spottiswoode   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Glucocorticoid response to food availability in breeding barn swallows (Hirundo rustica)

(2007) Susanne Jenni-Eiermann et al.   GENERAL AND COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY