Table 1. Results of studies examining the effect of egg pigmentation on nest predation.
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Author
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Year
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Species |
Egg type† |
Pigmentation design‡ |
Egg color§ |
Predator |
Effect |
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Kruyt |
1958 |
Gull |
pt |
sp + u |
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Gull |
No |
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Tinbergen |
1962 |
Gull |
nat + pt |
sp + u |
wh |
Gull, corvid |
Yes |
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Gull |
pt |
sp + u |
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Gull, corvid |
No |
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Hen |
pt |
br + u |
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Gull, corvid |
No |
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Davies |
unpublished manuscript |
– |
mimic |
sp |
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Corvid |
No |
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– |
mimic |
sp |
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Gull |
Yes |
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Montevecchi |
1976a |
Hen |
pt |
sp + u |
wh, kh |
Corvid |
No |
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Hen |
pt |
sp + u |
wh, bl |
Corvid |
No |
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Gull hen |
nat + pt |
sp + u |
wh, kh |
Corvid |
No |
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Quail |
nat + pt |
sp + u |
wh |
Corvid |
Yes |
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Montevecchi |
1976b |
|
pt |
|
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Covid |
No |
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pt |
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Corvid |
Yes |
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Yanher and Manhan |
1996 |
Quail hen |
nat |
sp + u |
br, wh |
Corvid, mammal |
Yes |
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Jobin and Picman |
1997 |
Hen |
nat |
u |
br, wh |
Corvid, mammal |
No |
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This study |
2007 |
Partridge |
nat/pl |
sp + u |
br, wh |
Bird, mammal |
Yes |
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†mimic, human-made artifical replicas; nat, natural eggs; nat/pl, natural eggs filled with plaster; pt, painted eggs.
‡sp, spotted secondary pigmentation; u, uniform pigmentation.
§sp, spotted; bl, black; br, brown, kh, khaki; wh, white.
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