Growth, fledging success and post-fledging survival of juvenile Oystercatchers Haematopus ostralegus

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Kersten, Marcel, Brenninkmeijer, Alex
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1995
• Subjects: PARUS-MAJOR; BODY SIZE; POSTFLEDGING SURVIVAL; NESTLING WEIGHT; CHICK GROWTH; GREAT TITS; URIA-AALGE; BIRDS; RATES; YOUNG; Parus; Uria aalge; uria
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/4952f8bf-2408-4643-953d-395779516168; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/4952f8bf-2408-4643-953d-395779516168; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1995.tb08039.x

We studied the consequences of differences in growth rate on the subsequent survival of Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus chicks. Fledging success increased sharply with growth rate, from zero in chicks growing at less than 6 g per day to about 85% in chicks growing at more than 10 g per day. The...