Joey Baxter
@joeybaxter.bsky.social
PhD student studying what long-tailed tits smell like @ University of Sheffield
Excited to have my first paper out! My master’s research on why long-tailed tit eggs vary in size
No evidence that long-tailed tits adjust the size of their eggs based on social or environmental conditions, even when food availability is experimentally altered. Instead, egg size seems to be an inherent characteristic of individual females:
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Drivers of variation in egg size in a cooperative breeder with a redirected helping system
Abstract. Females are expected to balance the benefits of current reproductive investment against the costs of that investment for future reproduction. Egg
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May 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Excited to have my first paper out! My master’s research on why long-tailed tit eggs vary in size