Seasonality of Clutch Size Determination in the Kestrel Falco tinnunculus: An Experimental Approach
- 1 March 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Ornis Scandinavica
- Vol. 19 (1) , 41-48
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3676526
Abstract
Egg numbers in Kestrel clutches decline from 6.5 to 3.2 with progressive laying date. Laying Kestrels did not respond to eggs added to the nest after the second...This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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