Food provisioning lowers inter‐clutch interval in Moorhens Gallinula chloropus

S. F. EDEN; A. G. HORN; M. L. LEONARD

doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1989.tb02792.x

Food provisioning lowers inter‐clutch interval in Moorhens Gallinula chloropus

S. F. EDEN, A. G. HORN, M. L. LEONARD

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Abstract

Food supplements were provided to Moorhens Gallinula chloropus during production of their first brood, to test whether food availability limited the number of broods they could rear in a season. Supplemented territories had shorter inter‐clutch intervals when individual differences were held constant, although they did not produce more broods. Because unmanipulated birds with short inter‐clutch intervals produced more broods, food availability may be one of several factors limiting the production of multiple broods and therefore reproductive success.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	429-432
Number of pages	4
Journal	Ibis
Volume	131
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1989.tb02792.x
Publication status	Published - Jul 1989
Externally published	Yes

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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