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Egg Selection

Egg Selection is a pre-incubation hatchery management process in which hatching eggs are systematically evaluated and chosen on the basis of fertility, shell quality, size, shape, cleanliness and other viability criteria to optimize hatchability and subsequent chick quality.

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2017–2026

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An Experimental Study of Co-Evolution Between the Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus, and its Hosts. I. Host Egg Discrimination

Nigel Davies, M. de L. Brooke · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1989 · 530 citations

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Constraints on egg discrimination and cuckoo-host co-evolution

Arnon Lotem, Hiroshi Nakamura, Amotz Zahavi · Animal Behaviour · 1995 · 338 citations

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Rejection of cuckoo eggs in relation to host age: a possible evolutionary equilibrium

Arnon Lotem, Hiroshi Nakamura, Amotz Zahavi · Behavioral Ecology · 1992 · 285 citations

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temperature and egg-laying trends

R. H. McCleery, C. M. Perrins · Nature · 1998 · 264 citations

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Mechanisms of avian egg recognition: Which egg parameters elicit responses by rejecter species?

Stephen I. Rothstein · Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology · 1982 · 233 citations

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Authors

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  1. SG
    Spencer G. Sealy

    University of Manitoba, Canada

    8 publications · 245 citations

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  2. AM
    Arne Moksnes

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    7 publications · 455 citations

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  3. ER
    Eivin Røskaft

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    7 publications · 516 citations

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  4. BG
    Bård G. Stokke

    Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

    5 publications · 238 citations

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  5. TJ
    Todd J. Underwood

    University of Manitoba, Canada

    4 publications · 90 citations

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Institutions

194

  1. University of Manitoba

    Winnipeg, Canada

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    307 citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    158 citations

  3. Norwegian University of Science and Technology

    Trondheim, Norway

    5 h-index

    18 publications

    1.3K citations

  4. University of California, Santa Cruz

    Santa Cruz, United States

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    370 citations

  5. Long Island University

    Brookville, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

  6. Palacký University Olomouc

    Olomouc, Czechia

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    324 citations

  7. Google (United States)

    Mountain View, United States

    3 h-index

    7 publications

    823 citations

  8. Universidad de Granada

    Granada, Spain

    3 h-index

    12 publications

    344 citations

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  1. Animal Behaviour

    13 publications · 804 citations

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  2. Ornithological Applications

    11 publications · 474 citations

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  3. Aquaculture

    13 publications · 351 citations

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  4. Poultry Science

    10 publications · 326 citations

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  5. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

    9 publications · 904 citations

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