Ecological and evolutionary physiologyAnimalsClutch SizePasseriformesFemaleMale
Fine-Scale Variation in Optimal Clutch Size in a Blue Tit Population.
Jorge Garrido-Bautista, Zaida Ortega, Amalia Pérez-Jiménez, Cristina E Trenzado, Pablo Burraco, África Cuadrado-Liñán, Jordi Figuerola, Gregorio Moreno-Rueda
Published: 202510.1086/738587
Abstract
AbstractClutch size variation may be adaptive in bird populations if parents lay a clutch size that maximizes offspring recruitment. Brood size manipulation experiments allow for testing the optimization of clutch size by studying the effect on nestl…
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