Nesting Behavior

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Animal behavior associated with the nest; includes construction, effects of size and material; behavior of the adult during the nesting period and the effect of the nest on the behavior of the young.

Descriptor ID	D009425
MeSH Number(s)	F01.145.113.252.478
Concept/Terms	Nesting Behavior Nesting Behavior Behavior, Nesting Behaviors, Nesting Nesting Behaviors

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Psychiatry and Psychology [F]
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms [F01]
Behavior [F01.145]
Behavior, Animal [F01.145.113]
Consummatory Behavior [F01.145.113.252]
Nesting Behavior [F01.145.113.252.478]

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Bar chart showing 69 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 8 publications in 2021 and 2025

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	0	1
2004	2	0	2
2007	2	0	2
2008	1	0	1
2009	1	0	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	2	0	2
2012	1	1	2
2013	1	0	1
2014	2	0	2
2015	2	1	3
2017	3	1	4
2018	3	0	3
2019	3	2	5
2020	3	3	6
2021	3	5	8
2022	3	2	5
2023	1	6	7
2024	1	2	3
2025	6	2	8
2026	1	0	1

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Carroll RA, Ricemeyer ES, Hillier LW, DaCosta JM, Osipova E, Smith S, Jamie GA, Martinez JG, Molina-Morales M, Marques-Bonet T, Manthey JD, Haddad D, Fuxjager MJ, Lynch KS, Wood JMD, Jarvis E, Masterson P, Thibaud-Nissen F, Hauber ME, Spottiswoode CN, Sackton TB, Balakrishnan CN, Sorenson MD, Warren WC. Genomic resources for comparative analyses of avian obligate brood parasitism. J Hered. 2026 May 06; 117(3):545-556.

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Osipova E, Balakrishnan CN, Spottiswoode CN, Lund J, DaCosta JM, Hauber ME, Warren WC, Sorenson MD, Sackton TB. Comparative population genomics reveals convergent adaptation across independent origins of avian obligate brood parasitism. Nat Ecol Evol. 2026 Jan; 10(1):128-139.

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Turner AM, Sluis VN, Ward MP, Hauber ME. Corticosterone shortens foreign egg ejection distance but not latency in American robins (Turdus migratorius). Physiol Behav. 2026 Jan 01; 303:115148.

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Feeney WE, Kennerley JA, Wheatcroft D, Liang W, Lamb JB, Teunissen N, Lawson SL, Enos JK, Zhou B, Poje C, Richardson NM, Ryan TA, Cowan ZL, Brooker RM, Attwood M, Boersma J, Zamora M, Attisano A, Gula R, Theuerkauf J, Gloag R, Fiorini VD, Gill SA, Peters A, Honza M, Spottiswoode CN, Hauber ME, Manica A, Webster MS, Blasi DE. Learned use of an innate sound-meaning association in birds. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 Nov; 9(11):2103-2115.

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Ausprey IJ, Hanley D, Hauber ME, Hiers T, McEntee JP. Correlated evolution between nest architecture and the visual system of Passerine birds. Evolution. 2025 Sep 12; 79(8):1490-1502.

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Hanley D, Hauber ME, Holford M, Moya C, Spottiswoode CN, Dixit T. Pigment concentrations only partially predict avian eggshell colour mimicry in a polymorphic host-brood parasite system. Biol Lett. 2025 Jun; 21(6):20250112.

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Lipshutz SE, Hibbins MS, Bentz AB, Buechlein AM, Empson TA, George EM, Hauber ME, Rusch DB, Schelsky WM, Thomas QK, Torneo SJ, Turner AM, Wolf SE, Woodruff MJ, Hahn MW, Rosvall KA. Repeated behavioural evolution is associated with convergence of gene expression in cavity-nesting songbirds. Nat Ecol Evol. 2025 May; 9(5):845-856.

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Goodson DJ, Hanley D, Hoover JP, Turner AM, van Riper CJ, Hauber ME. Decoding the dilemma: Exploring the rules and cues of egg rejection in the American robin (Turdus migratorius) through conjoint experimentation. J Comp Psychol. 2025 Nov; 139(4):315-324.

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Fernandez-Duque F, Stanback M, Lawson SL, Hauber ME. Egg shape and color mediate acceptance thresholds in diverse avian host species with different rates of antiparasitic egg rejection. J Exp Biol. 2025 02 01; 228(3).

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McClelland SC, Lund J, Dixit T, Hamama S, McClean LA, Spottiswoode CN, White CR, Louder MIM, Hauber ME, Honza M, Portugal SJ. Highly virulent avian brood-parasitic species show elevated embryonic metabolic rates at specific incubation stages compared to less virulent and non-parasitic species. Biol Lett. 2024 Sep; 20(9):20240411.

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