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Our knowledge of incubation energetics has increased dramatically in the last decade since King (1973) and Kendeigh (1963, 1973) first presented their cost-of-incubation theories. Kendeigh’s model assumes that the heat lost from the egg must be balanced by extra heat production by the parent bird while King argues that the heat produced as a by-product of metabolism could substitute at least part of the heat needed to maintain egg temperature. Much of the recent data on this subject stem from elaborate and extensive studies combining both field and laboratory methods conducted on seabirds nesting on remote oceanic islands. The tameness of the birds, the size of nesting colonies, and the ability to carry Scholander micro-gas analyzers, Haldane apparatus, sensitive balances, and radioactive water to nesting colonies have made such studies posnible. Long fasting periods and long incubation periods of seabirds have facilitated these studies.
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Grant, G.S. (1984). Energy Cost of Incubation to the Parent Seabird. In: Whittow, G.C., Rahn, H. (eds) Seabird Energetics. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4859-7_3
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