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    Clutch (eggs)

    A clutch of eggs is the group of eggs produced by birds,


    amphibians, or reptiles, often at a single time, particularly those
    laid in a nest.

    In birds, destruction of a clutch by predators (or removal by


    humans, for example the California condor breeding program)
    results in double-clutching. The technique is used to double the
    production of a species' eggs, in the California condor case,
    specifically to increase population size.

    Size
    Clutch size differs greatly between species, sometimes even within
    the same genus. It may also differ within the same species due to
    many factors including habitat, health, nutrition, predation
    pressures, and time of year.[1] Clutch size variation can also reflect A sea turtle clutch
    variation in optimal reproduction effort. In birds, clutch size can
    vary within a species due to various features (age and health of
    laying female, ability of male to supply food, and abundance of prey), while some species are
    determinant layers, laying a species-specific number of eggs. Long-lived species tend to have smaller
    clutch sizes than short-lived species (see also r/K selection theory). The evolution of optimal clutch size
    is also driven by other factors, such as parent–offspring conflict.

    In birds, ornithologist David Lack carried out much research into regulation of clutch size. [2] In species
    with altricial young, he proposed that optimal clutch size was determined by the number of young a
    parent could feed until fledgling. In precocial birds, Lack determined that clutch size was determined by
    the nutrients available to egg-laying females. An experimental study in black brent geese (Branta
    bernicla), which rarely lay more than five eggs, found that the probability of an egg successfully leading
    to a fledged gosling declined from 0.81 for two-egg clutches to 0.50 for seven-egg clutches, whilst the
    nesting period increased with the increasing number of eggs laid. This suggests that there is no benefit for
    female Black Brant to lay more than five eggs. [3]

    Gallery

    Mallard (Anas Great black-backed Masked lapwing Common moorhen


    platyrhynchos), very gull (Larus marinus), (Vanellus miles), (Gallinula chloropus),
    large clutch or small clutch typical clutch small clutch
    possibly from two
    females

    Lesser spotted eagle Feral pigeon European starling European goldfinch


    (Aquila pomarina), (Columba livia (Sturnus vulgaris), (Carduelis carduelis),
    typical clutch domestica), typical typical clutch large clutch
    clutch
    Northern dusky
    salamander
    (Desmognathus
    fuscus), typical egg
    clutch

    See also
    Oology (the scientific study of eggs)
    Viviparity

    References
    1. Lack, David (1947): The significance of clutch-size (part I-II). Ibis 89: 302–352
    2. Lack, D. (1947). "The significance of clutch-size, parts I and II". Ibis. 89 (2): 302–352.
    doi:10.1111/j.1474-919X.1947.tb04155.x (https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1947.tb04
    155.x).
    3. Leach, A. G.; van Dellen, A. W.; Riecke, T. V.; Sedinger, J. S. (2017). "Incubation capacity
    contributes to constraints on maximal clutch size in Brent Geese Branta bernicla nigricans".
    Ibis. 159 (3): 588–599. doi:10.1111/ibi.12475 (https://doi.org/10.1111%2Fibi.12475).

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