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MOUND AND MATE CHOICE IN A POLYANDROUS MEGAPODE: FEMALES LAY MORE AND LARGER EGGS IN NESTING MOUNDS WITH THE BEST INCUBATION TEMPERATURES

Ann Göth, Auteur ; J. V. Briskie, Auteur

Dans The Auk (124(1) janvier 1, 2007)

Abstract Males of the polyandrous Australian Brush-turkey (Alectura lathami) build mounds of leaf litter, in which incubation heat is produced by microbial decomposition. Females lay eggs singly, at intervals of several days, over many months. F[...]

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