Sperm depletion does not account for undeveloped eggs in Blue Tits Cyanistes caeruleus

Hatching failure negatively impacts reproductive success in birds. One reason why eggs fail to hatch is that they are not fertilized, which may be because they receive insufficient sperm. In most passerines, copulation declines in frequency or ceases altogether after the laying of the first egg, so...

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