The effects of temperature on nestling growth in a songbird depend on developmental constraints (IMAGE)

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The effects of temperature on nestling growth in a songbird depend on developmental constraints

Caption

Recently hatched barn swallow chicks. One chick still has a little piece of eggshell on its head. The chicks were handled very briefly by trained researchers to determine their age and to collect various measurements over the course of their development.

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Sage Madden, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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