Time allocation between feeding and incubation in uniparental arctic-breeding shorebirds: energy reserves provide leeway in a tight schedule

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• time allocation 100%
• wader 85%
• breeding 63%
• incubation 53%
• energy 31%
• weather 26%
• body mass 14%
• nest 14%
• egg 12%
• bird 10%
• brooding 9%
• breeding bird 8%
• daylight 7%
• trade-off 6%
• prediction 6%
• diurnal variation 6%
• allocation 5%
• warming 4%
• cooling 4%
• cold 4%
• effect 4%
• rate 4%
• need 3%

Agriculture & Biology

• Arctic region 67%
• weather 55%
• breeding 38%
• energy 38%
• energy requirements 22%
• birds 19%
• nests 17%
• prediction 14%
• duration 13%
• eggs 12%
• diurnal variation 11%
• interspecific variation 10%
• body temperature 10%
• cooling 9%
• solar radiation 9%