Abstract

The use of supplementary feeding experiments to investigate the relationship between food supply and clutch and egg size in birds has yielded disparate results, some authors showing an advancement in laying date and/or increased clutch size in response to additional food whereas other studies have found no effect. Here we investigate the nutritional requirements of egg formation in lesser blackbacked gulls Larus fuscus L., through a series of feeding experiments providing additional food of different quality

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