Investigating a trade-off between the quality of nest grown feathers and pace of development in an altricial bird.
C. C. Taff, B. A. Johnson, A. T. Anker, A. M. Rodriguez, J. L. Houtz, J. J. Uehling, M. N. Vitousek
The paper investigates a trade-off between nest-grown feather quality and developmental speed in tree swallows, finding no evidence for a negative association between the two traits.
bioRxiv · Apr 7, 2021 · PreprintEcology