Pre-breeding energy requirements: thyroid hormone, metabolism and the timing of reproduction in house sparrows Passer domesticus

By O. Chastel, A. Lacroix, M. Kersten. 2003

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Sociable schedules: interplay between avian seasonal and social behaviour (2006, background): “…determine the precise time of breeding, accounting for state and year-to-year differences in environmental conditions, because their reproductive schedules are often limited by resource availability (Wingfield 1980; Moore 1982; Stevenson & Bryant 2000; Chastel et al. 2003; Drent et al. 2003).”
Energy metabolism and animal personality (2008, background): “In house sparrows, Passer domesticus, basal MR is positively correlated with plasma levels of thyroid hormone and testosterone (Buchanan et al. 2001, Chastel et al. 2003), the latter being strongly linked to aggression.”
Potential impacts of invasive Spartina alterniflora on spring bird communities at Chongming Dongtan, a Chinese wetland of international importance (2009, background): “For breeding birds, food abundance in spring greatly affects reproductive success (Chastel et al., 2003).”