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Functional explanation of extreme hatching asynchrony: Male Manipulation Hypothesis

Hatching asynchrony in birds is considered an adaptation to facilitate brood reduction because under conditions of food scarcity, the smallest nestling usually dies soon after hatching, thereby minimizing parental effort. However, in species with extreme hatching asynchrony, the last hatchlings para...

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Autores principales: Soler, Manuel, Ruiz-Raya, Francisco, Sánchez-Pérez, Lucía, Ibáñez-Álamo, Juan Diego, Soler, Juan José
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Science Press 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9486522/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36031767
http://dx.doi.org/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2021.455