Moderator: Lydia Yu

Lydia Yu; Michela Dumas; Julien Martin; Pierre Bize - Abstract: Nest defence behaviour is an aggressive response against predators or humans. It has been observed in many avian species that shows sex specific variation, changing through age and has potential effects on fitness. Using the long-term dataset of Alpine swifts with more than 20 years of behaviour measurements, I studied the following questions:1. within individual variation of nest defence ...