Temperature and Rainfall Shape the Breeding Ecology of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in an Arid Region
Fatima Gherbaoui, Taqiyeddine Bensouilah, Emilio Pagani‐Núñez, Moussa Houhamdi · 2025
Read Temperature and Rainfall Shape the Breeding Ecology of Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in an Arid Region by Fatima Gherbaoui, Taqiyeddine Bensouilah, Emilio Pagani‐Núñez, Moussa Houhamdi (2025) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-12717446.txt.
Description
Fatima Gherbaoui and three colleagues track how weather shapes barn swallow breeding in an arid corner of Algeria over two seasons. As droughts intensify, arid-zone birds are sentinels of climate stress. The team modeled clutch size, incubation, hatching, and fledging against temperature, rainfall, and wind.
Rain was the great benefactor: more of it meant better hatching and overall reproductive success. Clutches shrank as the season advanced, incubation lengthened with rainfall, and heat cut the chance of a second nesting attempt. The authors conclude that in dry country, swallow reproduction rides on rainfall, and hotter, drier futures spell trouble for the species there.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Fatima Gherbaoui, Taqiyeddine Bensouilah, Emilio Pagani‐Núñez, Moussa Houhamdi |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |