Larger Clutches Take Longer to Incubate
- 1 May 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Published by JSTOR in Ornis Scandinavica
- Vol. 20 (2) , 156-158
- https://doi.org/10.2307/3676885
Abstract
Experimentally changed clutch size did not affect hatching success in Blue Tits whereas the incubation period was longer for larger clutches.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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