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Seasonality predicts egg size better than nesting habitat in a precocial shorebird

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    SYSNO ASEP0519207
    Druh ASEPJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Zařazení RIVJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Poddruh JČlánek ve WOS
    NázevSeasonality predicts egg size better than nesting habitat in a precocial shorebird
    Tvůrce(i) Kubelka, Vojtěch (UEK-B) ORCID
    Sládeček, M. (CZ)
    Zámečník, V. (CZ)
    Vozabulová, E. (CZ)
    Šálek, M. (CZ)
    Zdroj.dok.Ardea. - : Nederlandse Ornithologische Unie - ISSN 0373-2266
    Roč. 107, č. 3 (2019), s. 239-250
    Poč.str.12 s.
    Jazyk dok.eng - angličtina
    Země vyd.NL - Nizozemsko
    Klíč. slovaclutch size ; chick survival, ; egg size ; nesting habitat ; northern lapwing ; precocial offspring ; predation ; seasonal timing ; vanellus vanellus ; wader
    Vědní obor RIVEH - Ekologie - společenstva
    Obor OECDOrnithology
    CEPLO1415 GA MŠMT - Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy
    Způsob publikováníOmezený přístup
    Institucionální podporaUEK-B - RVO:86652079
    UT WOS000518188800003
    EID SCOPUS85081304386
    DOI10.5253/arde.v107i3.a4
    AnotaceEgg size represents a fundamental predictor of chick mass and body condition. Chicks from bigger eggs have significantly increased survival, especially in precocial species, where chicks must forage for themselves and cope with environmental threats, such as bad weather or predators. Therefore, our understanding of the factors influencing egg size is crucial both from the perspective of their breeding ecology as well as of their conservation. However, studies simultaneously addressing multiple factors and quantifying their influence on egg size in large samples are rare. Here, we test the effect of seasonality, clutch size and nesting habitat on egg size, measured as volume, in a ground-nesting shorebird, the Northern Lapwing Vanellus vanellus, using a sample of 4384 eggs from 1125 clutches in South Bohemia, Czech Republic, during the period between 1988 and 2018. We report a significant decline in egg size over the breeding season, on average bigger eggs in larger clutches with a significant difference between 2-egg and 4-egg clutches, and no direct effect of nesting habitat. From our review of the same predictors across 15 Northern Lapwing populations throughout Europe it is apparent that replacement or late clutches have on average 3–7% smaller eggs than first or early clutches. Nesting habitat only rarely affects egg size and there are no significant differences in egg size between 3-egg and 4-egg clutches. Earlier studies showed that chicks hatching from bigger eggs early in the breeding season performed better, and that there was higher food abundance available for chicks at that time...
    PracovištěÚstav výzkumu globální změny
    KontaktNikola Šviková, svikova.n@czechglobe.cz, Tel.: 511 192 268
    Rok sběru2020
    Elektronická adresahttps://bioone.org/journals/Ardea/volume-107/issue-3/arde.v107i3.a4/Seasonality-Predicts-Egg-Size-Better-Than-Nesting-Habitat-in-a/10.5253/arde.v107i3.a4.short
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