Data from: Individual repeatability in laying behaviour does not support the migratory carry-over effect hypothesis of egg-size dimorphism in Eudyptes penguins ...

• Main Author: Morrison, Kyle W.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2015
• Subjects: egg-size dimorphism; carry-over effect; Eastern Rockhopper Penguin; Eudyptes chrysocome filholi; reproductive investment; individual repeatability; Holocene; Morrison; Rockhopper penguin
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.d4196; https://datadryad.org/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.d4196

Penguins of the genus Eudyptes are unique among birds in that their first-laid A-egg is 54–85% the mass of their second-laid B-egg. Although the degree of intra-clutch egg-size dimorphism varies greatly among the seven species of the genus, obligate brood reduction is typical of each, with most fled...