Every egg is different
Thursday, October 7, 2010 - 09:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Migratory birds have to allocate their resources for reproduction in an efficient way in order to commence breeding shortly after arrival. Researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Ornithology in Seewiesen studied pectoral sandpipers on their breeding grounds in northern Alaska. Using stable isotope mass spectrometry they found that the birds applied different resource allocation strategies for reproduction.