“Each year, alpine songbirds have half as much time to breed and produce only half as many offspring compared with the same species at lower elevations. Nestlings develop more slowly at higher elevation (spending 2-4 more days in the nest) than those at low elevation, increasing their exposure to nest predation.”
Extract from the article written by Kathy Martin for the ACC.
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