title: Oviposition of fertile eggs and postponement of subsequent egg laying in ring doves (Streptopelia risoria).
abstract: Within the 45 days after an oviposition, fewer female doves which had laid fertile eggs laid a subsequent clutch than did females which had laid infertile eggs. During incubation the fertile eggs were replaced by infertile ones; therefore, this difference was not a result of raising squabs.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D010058:Oviposition; D010063:Ovum