Abstract
Most studies on passerines have shown a positive correlation between clutch size and the production of fledglings. They have also shown that clutches larger than the modal one fledge more young than those of modal size (Klomp 1970, Murphy and Haukioja 1986, Alatalo and Lundberg 1989). This observation apparently contradicts Lack’s (1947, 1954) original hypothesis of clutch size determination in nidicolous birds, according to which clutch size is determined by the largest number of young that the parents can adequately nourish.
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Källander, H., Smith, H.G. (1990). Manipulation of the Brood Size of Pied Flycatchers. In: Blondel, J., Gosler, A., Lebreton, JD., McCleery, R. (eds) Population Biology of Passerine Birds. NATO ASI Series, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75110-3_22
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