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Behavioural and body mass changes before egg laying in the Barn Owl: cues for clutch size determination?

To investigate laying decision and clutch size determination in indeterminate layers, we analysed in-nest activity (nest presence, and copulation, prey deliveries, and entrance frequencies) and female body mass change, as well as their relation to clutch size variation in five Barn Owl pairs ( Tyto...

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Published in:Journal für Ornithologie 2010-01, Vol.151 (1), p.11-17
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Body mass
Body size
Clutch size
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Egg laying
Environmental Sciences
Females
Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management
Foraging behavior
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Populations and Evolution
Prey
Strigidae
Tyto alba
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