Sentence examples for nest stage from inspiring English sources

To get an overview over the usage of different call types during different phases of the breeding stage, we ran a model for each vocalisation type on the frequency of vocalisations per recording period (extrapolated to the longest recording duration) in relation to the three-factor variable nest stage (pre-nesting, early, and later nest stages), again with bird identity as random factor.

Further, at the later nest stage, males had higher testosterone levels compared to the pre-nesting stage (Fstage = 8.36, R marginal 2 = 0.21, R conditional 2 = 0.65; Figure 2 figure supplement 1).

What kinds of friends do I want to hang onto, especially as I plow through this often lonely "empty nest" stage of my life?

Breeding success was lower in habitat types where field layers were dense and tall during the nest stage, mainly due to more frequent nest predation [35] [36].

We then performed model selection according to Anderson (2008) on the number of positive interactions in relation to nest stage and success, assuming a poisson distribution.

Stack calls showed an interaction between nest stage and sex: the amount did not change for males (Fstage = 0.06, R marginal 2 = 0.001, R conditional 2 = 0.42; Figure 4), but in females, stacks were produced slightly more often during the early nest stage than during the pre-nesting stage (Fstage = 2.37, R marginal 2 = 0.05, R conditional 2 = 0.31; Figure 4).

For males, there were no differences in DHT concentrations between baseline and pre-nesting, or between early and late nest stages.

DHT concentrations were, however, higher at the early and late nest stages than at baseline and pre-nesting (Fstage = 5.46, R marginal 2 = 0.18, R conditional 2 = 0.57; Figure 2 figure supplement 1).

Loud distance calls were produced most when birds were not yet paired or nesting, with highest levels during pre-nesting, that then decreased during the early and again during the later nest stages.

Males expressed higher testosterone concentrations in early and later nest stages compared to the baseline.

Call-type combinations associated with nest stages and successful egg-laying.