Why do afternoon copulations mainly occur after the egg-laying peak date in a colony of Great Skuas on Skúvoy, Faroe Islands?

Abstract In Great Skuas Stercorarius skua, copulations are often preceded by courtship feeding and occur in the morning and afternoon. We surveyed copulations in a colony of Great Skuas on Skúvoy, Faroe Islands during afternoons throughout the breeding season of 2013. The afternoon copulation freque...

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Main Authors: Schreven, K.H.T., Hammer, S.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2019
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Online Access:https://pure.knaw.nl/portal/en/publications/b349fbdc-aecd-43d3-ab17-25b5892ba003
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11755/b349fbdc-aecd-43d3-ab17-25b5892ba003
https://pure.knaw.nl/ws/files/10595095/6693_Schreven.pdf
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https://hdl.handle.net/10411/Y23YGO
http://pub.dof.dk/dof/DOFT/Why_do_afternoon_copulations.pdf