Multiple Choice
Please read the paragraph below and review Figure 53.2 to answer the following question.
Researchers in the Netherlands studied the effects of parental care given in European kestrels over five years. The researchers transferred chicks among nests to produce reduced broods (three or four chicks) , normal broods (five or six chicks) , and enlarged broods (seven or eight chicks) . They then measured the percentage of male and female parent birds that survived the following winter. (Both males and females provide care for chicks.)
Figure 53.2: Brood size manipulations in the kestrel: Effects on offspring and parent survival.
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