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Autor:
L. D. Clifford, David J. Anderson
Publikováno v:
Behavioral Ecology. 13:274-279
In obligately siblicidal bird species, aggressive behavior by a dominant chick results in a fixed brood size of one, yet these species usually show clutch size variation between individuals. Simmons proposed that variation in clutch size in obligatel
Autor:
David J. Anderson, L. D. Clifford
Publikováno v:
Journal of Animal Ecology. 70:539-545
Summary 1 Natural selection is expected to optimize clutch size, but intrapopulation variation is maintained in many bird species. The Nazca booby provides a simple system in which to investigate clutch size evolution because clutch size and brood si
Autor:
David J. Anderson, L. D. Clifford
Publikováno v:
Behavioral Ecology. 12:340-347
A variety of organisms regularly produce more offspring than they raise. Despite the apparent energetic waste of such a reproductive tactic, overproduction may be favored by natural selection in some cases. One such case is when surplus offspring can