Latitudinal variation in blue tit and great tit nest characteristics indicates environmental adjustment

By M. Mainwaring, I. Hartley, S. Bearhop, K. Brulez, C. D. du Feu, G. Murphy, K. E. Plummer, Simone L. Webber, S. James Reynolds, D. Deeming. 2012

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Local Temperature and not Latitude Determines the Design of Blue Tit and Great Tit nests (2012, methodology): “Therefore, in this study we revisited the data published by Mainwaring et al. (2012) to focus on the mean temperatures recorded for the seven days preceding and including the day on which the first egg was laid in each nest.”
An Overview of the Factors Influencing the Morphology and Thermal Properties of Avian Nests (2013, background): “While nest lining and insulation for Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and Great Tits increases at latitudes further from the equator (Mainwaring et al., 2012), such trends in these species are primarily related to ambient temperature during nest construction (Deeming et al., 2012).”
The Energetic Costs of Nest Building in Birds (2013, background): “…focus on a small number of hole-nesting passerines may bias our understanding of the energetic costs of nest building (Lambrechts et al., 2010; Mainwaring et al., 2012) and studies of open-cup nesting species, such as Common Blackbirds (Turdus merula), could prove particularly valuable in…”