Two adult skua at nest site with excluded chick in background
The most common resut of sibling aggression is that the weaker chick is excluded from access to parental care. The result is that it will die from either exposure, starvation, or attacks from other skuas.
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School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland
1993
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Summary: | The most common resut of sibling aggression is that the weaker chick is excluded from access to parental care. The result is that it will die from either exposure, starvation, or attacks from other skuas. |
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