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Table 4 Turtle Dove breeding productivity during the incubation and brood-rearing periods based on all nests found in orange and olive groves during 2004–2008

From: Effects of location, orchard type, laying period and nest position on the reproductive performance of Turtle Doves (Streptopelia turtur) on intensively cultivated farmland

 

Haouz

Tadla

Olive orchards

Orange orchards

Olive orchards

Orange orchards

Early

Late

Early

Late

Early

Late

Early

Late

Clutch size

1.94 ± 0.04

1.95 ± 0.04

1.95 ± 0.04

1.95 ± 0.04

1.96 ± 0.04

1.87 ± 0.04

1.83 ± 0.05

1.91 ± 0.06

Chicks hatched/nest

1.55 ± 0.13

1.33 ± 0.15

1.10 ± 0.14

0.81 ± 0.15

1.25 ± 0.13

1.17 ± 0.14

1.55 ± 0.13

1.33 ± 0.15

Chicks fledged/nest

1.49 ± 0.13

1.08 ± 0.15

1.00 ± 0.14

0.60 ± 0.15

1.18 ± 0.13

1.11 ± 0.14

1.13 ± 0.17

0.91 ± 0.20