Vanadzina, KarinaStreet, Sally eSheard, Catherine2023-11-142023-11-142024-01-12Vanadzina, K, Street, S E & Sheard, C 2024, 'The evolution of enclosed nesting in passerines is shaped by competition, energetic costs, and predation threat', Ornithology, vol. 141, no. 1, ukad048. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad0482732-4613crossref: 10.1093/ornithology/ukad048ORCID: /0000-0002-8259-1275/work/147045950https://hdl.handle.net/2164/22194Acknowledgments We would like to acknowledge the immense data collection efforts by the contributors to the ornithological handbooks used as the basis for our analyses. We are very grateful to the reviewers and editors whose thorough suggestions improved the quality and clarity of this work. We thank Camille Troisi, Andrew Clark, Sue Healy, Kevin Lala, Antonia Yovcheva and Alexis Tréboal for help with initial data collection and Mike Webster, Graeme Ruxton and Isabella Capellini for comments on an earlier version of this manuscript. We also thank Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for permission to use their nest photos. Funding statement This research was supported by funding from the John Templeton Foundation (#60501) and the European Research Council (#788203). KV was additionally supported by I.3.4 Action of the Excellence Initiative—Research University Program at the University of Warsaw, funded by the Ministry of Education and Science, Poland.1535168925815306engcavity nestscompetitiondomed nestsenclosed nestslife historymacroevolutionnest-buildingpredationQL ZoologyEuropean Research Council788203Supplementary DataQLJournal article10.1093/ornithology/ukad0481411