Blar i Norsk institutt for naturforskning på tidsskrift "Behavioral Ecology"
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Eyes on the future: buffering increased costs of incubation by abandoning offspring
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Life history theory states that the resources invested in current reproduction must be traded off against resources needed for survival and future reproduction. Long-lived organisms have a higher residual reproductive value ... -
Female sociality and kin discrimination in brood parasitism: Unrelated females fight over egg laying
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)In conspecific brood parasitism, some females (“parasites”) lay eggs in nests of other females of the same species (“hosts”). This reproductive tactic is particularly common in waterfowl, in which studies suggest that ... -
How do resource distribution and taxonomy affect the use of dual foraging in seabirds? A review
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)In many seabird species, parents feeding young switch between short and long foraging excursions in a strategy known as “dual foraging.” To investigate whether habitat quality near breeding colonies drives the use of dual ...