Accession Number:
AD0698987
Title:
THE 'TWO-EGG CLUTCH' IN THE LAYSAN ALBATROSS,
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Corporate Author:
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV CARBONDALE DEPT OF ZOOLOGY
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Report Date:
1968-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
4.0
Abstract:
The recent information on two-egg nests of procellariiform birds lead to studies on such nests in the Laysan Albatross, Diomedea immutabilis. Conclusions are that 1 two-egg clutches do not occur in the Laysan Albatross 2 two eggs in a nest are an indication that two females used the nest, although at different times 3 two eggs occur only when nest desertion or interference has exposed the first egg and 4 young birds because of their greater proclivity for desertion, less mature instincts for nest-building, and later arrival in the colony are the ones most often responsible.
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- Anatomy and Physiology