Sentence examples for clutch mass from inspiring English sources

We found that divorce resulted in delayed clutch initiation, reduced clutch mass, and an increase in nestling CORT response to a standardized stressor.

Cutting did not influence clutch mass, i.e. egg number and size, or outcrossing rates, but eggs from cut worms had a lower hatching rate than eggs from uncut worms.

"Our analysis of the relationship between female body mass and clutch mass was interesting in its own right, but also showed that it was not possible to conclude anything about incubation in extinct distant relatives of the birds," study co-author Charles Deeming, a researcher at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom, said in a statement.

Within tropidurines, at least in Tropidurus spinulosus and T. torquatus, females with larger body size produce eggs with larger mass and volume [27], [35], so clutch size seems associated with relative clutch mass (RCM) in this group of lizards.

Here we demonstrate that female choice incurs an energetic cost that appears to translate into direct costs (mass loss/decreased survival probability), and possibly also indirect costs (decreased clutch mass).

Moreover, total reproductive allocation of resources was unlikely to be constrained by the amount of space available to hold eggs within a follicle-ablated female's abdomen because of the reduced clutch mass and therefore clutch volume.

Most religions have something of the counter-cultural about them, so reclaiming religious festivals from the clutches of mass consumerism is perhaps apt.

I couldn't avoid running into clutches of mass produced reproductions on a variety of materials that read 'made in China' - bringing a smile to my face.

Avian occupancy was strongly influenced by life history traits, including population density, foraging behavior, dispersal strategy, clutch size, body mass and diet.

Figure 1 shows mean values (+SE) for post-oviposition body mass, clutch size and egg mass of the experimental females.

In terms of fitness, experiments on artificially infected captive waterfowl, examining egg mass, clutch size, incubation behavior, hatching success, chick mass, and chick survival could also be illuminating.