ON MULTIPLE BROODS AND THE BREEDING STRATEGY OF ARCTIC SANDERLINGS

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Parmelee, D. F., Payne, R. B.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1973
• Subjects: Arctic; Bathurst Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1973.tb02638.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1973.tb02638.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1973.tb02638.x

Summary. Sanderlings on Bathurst Island in the Canadian arctic have two patterns of incubation. At some nests the eggs are covered soon after the fourth egg has been laid and at others incubation is delayed for 5–6 days. Because the delay is about the same time required to lay a second clutch and be...