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Posted on: February 8, 2010 10:59 AM, by Greg Laden
The question is: how does a bird "know" when to stop laying? When is enough enough? When is the clutch (all of the eggs laid in one breeding attempt) complete? Most of ecological literature is focused on energetics: are birds getting hungry, have they depleted some important source of energy, etc.But the circadian field looks for internal mechanisms.
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The Duggars should read this paper.
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Posted by: Virgil Samms | February 8, 2010 12:28 PM