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Evolutionary ecology

the proposal that birds lay the clutch size that yields the most surviving young, limited by how many chicks parents can feed.

In evolutionary ecology, Lack's principle refers to the proposal that birds lay the clutch size that yields the most surviving young, limited by how many chicks parents can feed. This meaning comes from Lack (1947) in Ibis.[1]

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References

Lack, D. (1947). The Significance of Clutch‐size. Ibis, 89(2), 302-352. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1947.tb04155.x

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