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Optimizing clutch size in birds

✍ Scribed by Thomas J. DeWitt


Book ID
117389123
Publisher
Elsevier Science
Year
1997
Tongue
English
Weight
205 KB
Volume
12
Category
Article
ISSN
0169-5347

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This paper tests the hypothesis that the timing and the size of bird clutches are determined by (1) a tendency to delay reproduction so that the female can store enough internal resources for laying a large clutch; (2) a tendency to breed early because survival of offspring late in the breeding seas