| The design and function of birds' nests MC Mainwaring, IR Hartley, MM Lambrechts, DC Deeming Ecology and Evolution 4 (20), 3909-3928, 2014 | 418 | 2014 |
| The design of artificial nestboxes for the study of secondary hole-nesting birds: a review of methodological inconsistencies and potential biases MM Lambrechts, F Adriaensen, DR Ardia, AV Artemyev, F Atiénzar, ... Acta Ornithologica 45 (1), 1-26, 2010 | 374 | 2010 |
| Urbanisation and nest building in birds: a review of threats and opportunities S James Reynolds, JD Ibáñez-Álamo, P Sumasgutner, MC Mainwaring Journal of Ornithology 160 (3), 841-860, 2019 | 216 | 2019 |
| The energetic costs of nest building in birds MC Mainwaring, IR Hartley Avian biology research 6 (1), 12-17, 2013 | 187 | 2013 |
| Latitudinal variation in blue tit and great tit nest characteristics indicates environmental adjustment MC Mainwaring, IR Hartley, S Bearhop, K Brulez, CR du Feu, G Murphy, ... Journal of Biogeography 39 (9), 1669-1677, 2012 | 146 | 2012 |
| The use of man-made structures as nesting sites by birds: A review of the costs and benefits MC Mainwaring Journal for Nature Conservation 25, 17-22, 2015 | 144 | 2015 |
| Climate change and nesting behaviour in vertebrates: a review of the ecological threats and potential for adaptive responses MC Mainwaring, I Barber, DC Deeming, DA Pike, EA Roznik, IR Hartley Biological Reviews 92 (4), 1991-2002, 2017 | 123 | 2017 |
| Functional properties of nests DC Deeming, MC Mainwaring Nests, eggs and incubation: new ideas about avian reproduction, 29-49, 2015 | 115 | 2015 |
| Local temperature and not latitude determines the design of Blue Tit and Great Tit nests DC Deeming, MC Mainwaring, IR Hartley, SJ Reynolds Avian Biology Research 5 (4), 203-208, 2012 | 104 | 2012 |
| Adaptive latitudinal variation in Common Blackbird Turdus merula nest characteristics MC Mainwaring, DC Deeming, CI Jones, IR Hartley Ecology and Evolution 4 (6), 851-861, 2014 | 101 | 2014 |
| The extended Moran effect and large‐scale synchronous fluctuations in the size of great tit and blue tit populations BE SÆTHER, S Engen, V Grøtan, W Fiedler, E Matthysen, ME Visser, ... Journal of Animal Ecology 76 (2), 315-325, 2007 | 101 | 2007 |
| High atmospheric temperatures and ‘ambient incubation’drive embryonic development and lead to earlier hatching in a passerine bird SC Griffith, MC Mainwaring, E Sorato, C Beckmann Royal Society Open Science 3 (2), 150371, 2016 | 83 | 2016 |
| Seasonal adjustments in nest cup lining in Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus MC Mainwaring, IR Hartley Ardea 96 (2), 278-282, 2008 | 82 | 2008 |
| Zebra finches are bolder in an asocial, rather than social, context MC Mainwaring, JL Beal, IR Hartley Behavioural processes 87 (2), 171-175, 2011 | 72 | 2011 |
| Experimental evidence for state-dependent nest weight in the blue tit, Cyanistes caeruleus MC Mainwaring, IR Hartley Behavioural processes 81 (1), 144-146, 2009 | 70 | 2009 |
| The use of nestboxes by roosting birds during the non-breeding season: a review of the costs and benefits MC Mainwaring Ardea 99 (2), 167-176, 2011 | 67 | 2011 |
| Interspecific variation in the relationship between clutch size, laying date and intensity of urbanization in four species of hole‐nesting birds M Vaugoyeau, F Adriaensen, A Artemyev, J Bańbura, E Barba, C Biard, ... Ecology and evolution 6 (16), 5907-5920, 2016 | 66 | 2016 |
| Variation in reproductive success across captive populations: methodological differences, potential biases and opportunities SC Griffith, OL Crino, SC Andrew, FY Nomano, E Adkins‐Regan, ... Ethology 123 (1), 1-29, 2017 | 63 | 2017 |
| Variation in clutch size in relation to nest size in birds AP Møller, F Adriaensen, A Artemyev, J Bańbura, E Barba, C Biard, ... Ecology and evolution 4 (18), 3583-3595, 2014 | 59 | 2014 |
| Personality in the wild zebra finch: exploration, sociality, and reproduction LSC McCowan, MC Mainwaring, NH Prior, SC Griffith Behavioral Ecology 26 (3), 735-746, 2015 | 57 | 2015 |