Why Some Bird Species Lay Only One Egg

Tuesday, December 9, 2008 - 09:15 in Biology & Nature

A global study of the wide variation among birds in this trait, known as the "clutch size," now provides biologists with some answers. The study combined data on the clutch sizes of 5,290 species of birds with information on the biology and environment of each of these species.

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