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From: Environmental induction and phenotypic retention of adaptive maternal effects

Figure 3

Estimated contour plots of offspring survival as a function of number of deviations (biases) in ovulation sequence. Response to A) critical temperature days in Montana population (n = 128 nests), and B) number of mites at nest site in Arizona population (n = 96 nests infested with mites). Note that the ordinate axis shows number of mites at the stage of egg-laying and this number increases greatly by the time nestlings hatch and mite-induced mortality occurs. Numbers show proportion of nestlings fledged out of the number of eggs laid.

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