The worldwide variation in avian clutch size across species and space.

Traits such as clutch size vary markedly across species and environmental gradients but have usually been investigated from either a comparative or a geographic perspective, respectively. We analyzed the global variation in clutch size across 5,290 bird species, excluding brood parasites and pelagic...

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Main Authors: Walter Jetz, Cagan H Sekercioglu, Katrin Böhning-Gaese
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-12-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/19071959/pdf/?tool=EBI