Relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
The relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching and chick survival in Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus were studied over a three‐year period in the Shetland Isles. Three measurements of chick size at hatching were all positively correlated with egg volume, though the relationship was strongest...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1474-919x.1991.tb04823.x 2024-06-02T08:12:23+00:00 Relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus GRANT, MURRAY C. 1991 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1991.tb04823.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1991.tb04823.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1991.tb04823.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Ibis volume 133, issue 2, page 127-133 ISSN 0019-1019 1474-919X journal-article 1991 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1991.tb04823.x 2024-05-03T12:03:19Z The relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching and chick survival in Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus were studied over a three‐year period in the Shetland Isles. Three measurements of chick size at hatching were all positively correlated with egg volume, though the relationship was strongest with hatchling body‐weight. In two of the three years the proportion of chicks from a brood which survived to fledging increased significantly with the mean hatching weight of chicks in the brood. Within broods, a significant effect of hatching weight on survival was detectable only up to 7 days after hatching. Between years the egg volumes and hatchling weights of individual female Whimbrels showed relatively little variability, indicating that these attributes could be controlled to a large extent by inheritance. Article in Journal/Newspaper Numenius phaeopus Whimbrel Wiley Online Library Ibis 133 2 127 133 |
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The relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching and chick survival in Whimbrels Numenius phaeopus were studied over a three‐year period in the Shetland Isles. Three measurements of chick size at hatching were all positively correlated with egg volume, though the relationship was strongest with hatchling body‐weight. In two of the three years the proportion of chicks from a brood which survived to fledging increased significantly with the mean hatching weight of chicks in the brood. Within broods, a significant effect of hatching weight on survival was detectable only up to 7 days after hatching. Between years the egg volumes and hatchling weights of individual female Whimbrels showed relatively little variability, indicating that these attributes could be controlled to a large extent by inheritance. |
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Relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
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Relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
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Relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
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Relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
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Relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus |
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relationships between egg size, chick size at hatching, and chick survival in the whimbrel numenius phaeopus |
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