Mound and mate choice in a polyandrous megapode: Females lay more and larger eggs in nesting mounds with the best incubation temperatures

Auk

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 253-263

  Göth, Ann ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alectura lathami; Australian Brush turkey; Egg size; Female mate choice; Polyandrous mating system

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; EGG SIZE; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; INCUBATION; MATE CHOICE; MATERNAL CARE; NEST SITE; NESTING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ALECTURA LATHAMI;

EID: 33846850453     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[253:MAMCIA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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