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1 May 2000 RESPONSES OF EGG-LAYING PIED FLYCATCHERS TO EXPERIMENTAL CHANGES IN CLUTCH SIZE: A RE-EXAMINATION
M. D. Kern, R. J. Cowie, F. M. Slater
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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.

M. D. Kern, R. J. Cowie, and F. M. Slater "RESPONSES OF EGG-LAYING PIED FLYCATCHERS TO EXPERIMENTAL CHANGES IN CLUTCH SIZE: A RE-EXAMINATION," The Condor 102(2), 428-432, (1 May 2000). https://doi.org/10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102[0428:ROELPF]2.0.CO;2
Received: 28 April 1999; Accepted: 1 November 1999; Published: 1 May 2000
KEYWORDS
determinate egg-laying
Ficedula hypoleuca
indeterminate egg-laying
Pied Flycatcher
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