Effect of brood size and hatching sequence on prefledging mortality of Sandwich terns:Why lay two eggs?

• Published in: Journal of Ornithology
• Main Authors: Stienen, Eric W. M., Brenninkmeijer, Alex
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Sterna sandvicensis; chick survival; hatching asynchrony; brood reduction; BLACK-HEADED GULLS; STERNA-HIRUNDO; ROSEATE TERNS; COMMON TERNS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; PARENTAL QUALITY; REDUCTION; ASYNCHRONY; DOUGALLII; Kattegat; Sterna hirundo
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/11370/70afaf80-6ad1-456c-a2b1-4583d897d3a8; https://research.rug.nl/en/publications/70afaf80-6ad1-456c-a2b1-4583d897d3a8; https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-006-0075-3

The mortality of Sandwich tern Sterna sandvicensis chicks held in enclosures was studied in colonies on Griend, in the Dutch Wadden Sea, from 1992 to 1999, and on Hirsholm, in the Danish Kattegat, in 1997. Survival of chicks until fledging was 73% for chicks hatching from first-laid eggs or single-e...