Rebecca J. Safran

This study examines how temperature affects nestling growth in barn swallows, finding that developmental timing and parental feeding influence temperature effects.

The paper tests if social interactions mediate age-related differences in plumage traits and reproductive success in barn swallows, finding no evidence of mediation but associations between age, plumage, and reproductive success.

The paper examines how parental care affects the relationship between early-life size, growth, and glucose metabolism in nestling barn swallows, finding that lower parental care intensifies the physiological disadvantage of being smaller.