Browsing by Subject "Tachycineta bicolor"
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Does an integrated measure of corticosterone fom feathers improve our understanding of avian ecophysiology?
(2012-02-23)The hormone corticosterone (CORT) helps mediate the relationship between birds and their environment. I studied nestling and adult birds in several diverse contexts to understand how sources of environmental variability ... -
Seasonal Variation in Quality and Survival of Nestling Tree Swallows (Tachycineta bicolor): Tests of Alternate Hypotheses
(2015-10-23)Understanding the patterns and processes that create differences among individuals in components of fitness, like the probability of survival or reproductive rates, is essential to our knowledge of population dynamics and ...