Skua brooding chick with excluded chick in background

Exclusion from the nest site as a result of sibling aggression may result in the weaker chick dying from exposure when it is no longer brooded by its parents.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Young, Euan
Format:	Still Image
Language:	unknown
Published:	School of Biological Sciences, University of Auckland 1993
Subjects:	Birds Land & seabirds Aves Charadriiformes Stercorariidae - Skuas Chatharacta maccormicki - South Polar Skua Cape Crozier Crozier Ross Island Antarc* Antarctica
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Description
Summary:	Exclusion from the nest site as a result of sibling aggression may result in the weaker chick dying from exposure when it is no longer brooded by its parents.