Range |
clutch may weigh ≤80-90% of female body mass: consume 200% of her calcium unitless
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Organism |
Birds |
Reference |
David Ward, Do Polyandrous Shorebirds Trade off Egg Size with Egg Number? Journal of Avian Biology, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 2000), pp. 473-478 link p.473 right column top paragraph |
Primary Source |
Emlen, S. T. and Oring, L. W. 1977. Ecology, sexual selection, and the evolution of mating systems. - Science 197: 215- 223.PubMed ID327542
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Comments |
P.473 right column top paragraph: "Reproduction is presumably very costly Charadriiformes because commitment to reproduction in shorebirds is high-a clutch may weigh up to 80-90% of a female’s body mass and consume 200% of her calcium (primary source)." |
Entered by |
Uri M |
ID |
113079 |