𝔖 Bobbio Scriptorium
✦   LIBER   ✦

Selection on Clutch Size in Birds

✍ Scribed by Trevor Price and Lily Liou

Book ID
120652878
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Year
1989
Tongue
English
Weight
852 KB
Volume
134
Category
Article
ISSN
0003-0147

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

πŸ“œ SIMILAR VOLUMES

Optimizing clutch size in birds
Optimizing clutch size in birds
✍ Thomas J. DeWitt πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1997 πŸ› Elsevier Science 🌐 English βš– 205 KB
Optimizing clutch size in birds
Optimizing clutch size in birds
✍ Hannu PΓΆysΓ€; Markku Milonoff πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1997 πŸ› Elsevier Science 🌐 English βš– 205 KB
A model of clutch size determination in
A model of clutch size determination in birds
✍ Jon Loman πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 1982 πŸ› Springer-Verlag 🌐 English βš– 503 KB

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