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Brood patch

A brood patch, also known as an incubation patch in older literature, is an area of featherless skin on the underside of birds that exists during the nesting season. Feathers act as inherent insulators and prevent efficient incubation, to which brood patches are the solution. This patch of skin is well supplied with blood vessels at the surface, enabling…

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Location

ShorebirdsGreat AuksRazorbillsGullsGalliformes
11 related topics

Formation

OestrogenProlactinProgesteroneDucksGeese
8 related topics

Function

Clutch size
1 related topics

Overview

BirdsNesting season
2 related topics

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Brood patch

Nodes27
Edges26
Triples22
Avg. degree1.93
Density0.074074
Components1

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Brood patch

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related to Location · 10
Brood patch → American, Brood, Galliformes, Great Auks, Gulls, In, Many, Pelicans, Razorbills, The
related to Clutch size · 3
Brood patch → Brood, However, Once
related to Incubation · 3
Brood patch → Additionally, Brood, Upon
related to External links · 1
Brood patch → Brood

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brood patch patches incubation eggs skin birds develop feathers may size also side surface heat clutch vary belly one species

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
oestrogeninstance ofhormones0.80text
prolactininstance ofhormones0.80text
and progesterone cause a bird’s belly feathers to looseninstance ofhormones0.80text
fall outinstance ofhormones0.80text
thus forming a patch of bare skininstance ofhormones0.80text
Brood patchrelated to Clutch sizeBrood0.60section
Brood patchrelated to Clutch sizeOnce0.60section
Brood patchrelated to Clutch sizeHowever0.60section
Brood patchrelated to External linksBrood0.60section
Brood patchrelated to IncubationBrood0.60section
Brood patchrelated to IncubationAdditionally0.60section
Brood patchrelated to IncubationUpon0.60section

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