Peregrine Falcon Eggs: Egg Size, Hatchling Sex, and Clutch Sex Ratios

Abstract Eggs (n = 367) collected from wild Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus anatum) nests between 1976 and 1990 in Colorado and New Mexico were artificially incubated and hatched. We retrospectively examined these data for variation in egg length, breadth, and initial mass of hatchlings to resolv...

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Published in:The Condor
Main Authors: Burnham, William, Sandfort, Calvin, Belthoff, James R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2003
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Ancho
Huevo
Pichón
Falco peregrinus
peregrine falcon
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/condor/105.2.327
http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/105/2/327/29711616/condor0327.pdf

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