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Variation in Weight of Eggs and its Effect on the Breeding Biology of the Great Skua

A. J. WilliamsPercy FitzPatrick Institute, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch7700, South Africa.
Pages 198-202 | Received 30 May 1979, Published online: 22 Dec 2016

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E. C. Young & C. D. Millar. (2003) Siblicidal brood reduction in South Polar Skuas. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 30:2, pages 79-93.
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Alexis L. Blackmer, Robert A. Mauck, Joshua T. Ackerman, Charles E. Huntington, Gabrielle A. Nevitt & Joseph B. Williams. (2005) Exploring individual quality: basal metabolic rate and reproductive performance in storm-petrels. Behavioral Ecology 16:5, pages 906-913.
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Bearhop, Griffiths, Orr & Furness. (2001) Mean corpuscular volume (MCV) as a measure of condition in birds. Ecology Letters 2:6, pages 352-356.
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Trond Amundsen. (1995) Egg Size and Early Nestling Growth in the Snow Petrel. The Condor 97:2, pages 345-351.
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CAMELIA SYKES LAMEY. (2008) Chick loss in the Falkland Skua Catharacta skua antarctica. Ibis 137:2, pages 231-236.
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Patrick J. Weatherhead & Kevin L. Teather. (1994) SEXUAL SIZE DIMORPHISM AND EGG-SIZE ALLOMETRY IN BIRDS. Evolution 48:3, pages 671-678.
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TONY D. WILLIAMS. (2008) INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION IN EGG SIZE AND EGG COMPOSITION IN BIRDS: EFFECTS ON OFFSPRING FITNESS. Biological Reviews 69:1, pages 35-59.
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Trond Amundsen & Jogeir N. Stokland. (1990) Egg Size and Parental Quality Influence Nestling Growth in the Shag. The Auk 107:2, pages 410-413.
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ALAN D. HEMMINGS. (2009) Communally breeding skuas: breeding success of pairs, trios and groups of Catharacta lonnbergi on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand . Journal of Zoology 218:3, pages 393-405.
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J. K. KIRKWOOD, P. J. DUIGNAN, N. F. KEMBER, P. M. BENNETT & D. J. PRICE. (2009) The growth rate of the tarsometatarsus bone in birds. Journal of Zoology 217:3, pages 403-416.
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Wendy L. Hill. (1988) The Effect of Food Abundance on the Reproductive Patterns of Coots. The Condor 90:2, pages 324-331.
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Jogeir N. Stokland & Trond Amundsen. (1988) Initial Size Hierarchy in Broods of the Shag: Relative Significance of Egg Size and Hatching Asynchrony. The Auk 105:2, pages 308-315.
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Gary R. Hepp, Leslie A. Baker & Robert A. Kennamer. (1987) Factors Affecting Variation in the Egg and Duckling Components of Wood Ducks. The Auk 104:3, pages 435-443.
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Tore Slagsvold, Jostein Sandvik, Gunnar Rofstad, Öystein Lorentsen & Magne Husby. (1984) On the Adaptive Value of Intraclutch Egg-Size Variation in Birds. The Auk 101:4, pages 685-697.
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R. W. Furness. (2009) Variations in size and growth of Great skua Catharacta skua chicks in relation to adult age, hatching date, egg volume, brood size and hatching sequence . Journal of Zoology 199:1, pages 101-116.
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