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June 1 - 3 , 1978 - University of Hawaii at Manoa

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TABLE 2. Combined results <strong>of</strong> NEnS breeding in HAVO pens.<br />

Breeding<br />

Season 1974-75 1975-76 1976-77 1977-78 Total<br />

' NO. Pairs<br />

Available<br />

No. Pairs Bred 1 5 6 6 18<br />

Eggs Produced 4 17 3 2 2 4 77<br />

Me an No.<br />

Eggs/Female 4.0 3.4 5.33 4.0 '.4 . 2 8<br />

(rangel (3-4) (3-12) (2-8) (2-12)<br />

Me an<br />

Clutch Size<br />

(range)<br />

Eggs H<strong>at</strong>ched ( % ) 4(1.0) 15( .88) 26( .87) 11( .46) 56( .75)<br />

Gosling<br />

Mortality (%) o(0) 4(.27) lo( -38) 7(.64) 21( .37)<br />

Fledglings<br />

Produced (%) 4(1.0) 11( .73) 16( .62) 4( .36) 35( .63)<br />

Fledgling<br />

Mortality (%) o(0) 2(.18) 1(.06) o(0) 3( .08)<br />

Includes free-living females which voluntarily occupy and breed inside pens<br />

with captive males.<br />

18 females nesting, 3 <strong>of</strong> which were involved in renesting efforts.<br />

21 clutches

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