The influence of female age on breeding in the EiderSomateria mollissima
Open Access
- 1 March 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 29 (1), 55-66
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063658209476738
Abstract
Some female Eiders breed when they are two years old, and most do so by the time they are four. Young birds lay later, have smaller clutches and are lighter in weight at the start of incubation than older females.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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