Oviposition of fertile eggs and postponement of subsequent egg laying in ring doves (Streptopelia risoria).
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.
D000818:Animals; D010856:Columbidae / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D010058:Oviposition; D010063:Ovum