First‐egg date and air temperature affect nest construction in Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus, but not in Great Tits Parus major

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Latitudinal variation in blue tit and great tit nest characteristics indicates environmental adjustment (2012, background): “…2006; Mainwaring et al., 2008; Mainwaring & Hartley, 2009; great tits: Alabrudzińska et al., 2003; Broggi & Senar, 2009) and that the mass of the cup lining material declines with increasing ambient temperatures as spring progresses (blue tits: Mainwaring & Hartley, 2008; Britt & Deeming, 2011).”
Local Temperature and not Latitude Determines the Design of Blue Tit and Great Tit nests (2012, methodology): “Individual birds will presumably match their nest construction behaviour to microclimatic conditions and this may reflect the thermal requirements of those birds (Britt and Deeming, 2011).”
An Overview of the Factors Influencing the Morphology and Thermal Properties of Avian Nests (2013, background): “Birds’ nests have evolved into many shapes and sizes, but all function to provide a secure substrate for eggs and hatchlings, camouflage and defence from predators, as well as moderate the microenvironment surrounding the eggs, hatchlings and incubating parent (Collias and Collias, 1984; Hansell, 20”