Responses of egg-laying Pied Flycatchers to experimental changes in clutch size: A re-examination

Kern, M. D., Cowie, Richard J. and Slater, Frederick Maurice 2000. Responses of egg-laying Pied Flycatchers to experimental changes in clutch size: A re-examination. Condor 102 (2) , pp. 428-432. 10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102[0428:ROELPF]2.0.CO;2

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Abstract

Previous studies with small numbers of clutches suggested that Pied Flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) were determinate egg-layers whose clutch size was fixed before laying began. We found that females lay additional eggs of normal size if clutch size is experimentally reduced, but do not lay fewer eggs when clutch size is increased. In the terms of Kennedy and Power (1990), Pied Flycatchers are removal-indeterminate and addition-determinate.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
Subjects:	Q Science > QH Natural history
Additional Information:	Pdf uploaded in accordance with publisher's policy at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0010-5422/ (accessed 27/02/2014).
Publisher:	University of California Press
ISSN:	0010-5422
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	30 March 2016
Last Modified:	06 Jul 2023 02:38
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/50245

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