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| Title: | COMPARATIVE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLETS AERODRAMUS MAXIMUS (MCCLELLAND) AND A. FUCIPHAGUS (THUNBERG) | Authors: | LEE PHENG GUAN JEFFREY | Issue Date: | 1985 | Citation: | LEE PHENG GUAN JEFFREY (1985). COMPARATIVE BREEDING BIOLOGY OF THE EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLETS AERODRAMUS MAXIMUS (MCCLELLAND) AND A. FUCIPHAGUS (THUNBERG). ScholarBank@NUS Repository. | Abstract: | The breeding biology of Aerodramus maximus (McClelland) and A.fuciphagus (Thunberg) was compared with the aim of discovering niche separation by gathering nesting, growth and success data. Food and lack of predation were found to affect breeding strategies, leading to slow growth rates and extensive resource storage. A.maximus was found to devote more care to fewer but larger young while A.fuciphagus diluted the care and gambled on greater numbers of young. This showed evolution pushing two related species i n opposite directions. | URI: | https://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/149394 |
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