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| Birks, S.. |
| Female brush-turkeys respond to several factors when choosing with whom they will mate and where they will lay their eggs. The most important factors seem to be mound condition (especially incubation stage and digging effort required), male presence at mounds (though not necessarily male quality), and perhaps competition with other females for access to mounds. Most visits by females to mounds are for the purpose of copulation and mound "assessment" rather than egg laying. Females visit several mounds/males during the breeding season. Once they make a choice, most remain loyal to the chosen mound/male for several weeks, and are rarely seen at other mounds during this time. When switching to new mounds, females always choose more recently built ones even if... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Megapodiidae; Alectura lathami; Female mate-choice.; 42.83. |
| Ano: 1992 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/317606 |
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| Wong, S.. |
| The megapode hatchling receives no care or guidance from its parents and so must be able to survive by itself. This raises some basic questions about the innate abilities of megapode hatchlings, including the possibility of predator recognition. Experiments were conducted to investigate the visual predator recognition abilities of the hatchlings of the Australian brush-turkey Alectura lathami J.E. Gray, 1831. Two separate methods involving video images and actual stimuli were used. There were no significant differences between the behaviours observed before compared to after the presentation of each stimulus, whether it was predator or non-predator, moving or non-moving. The hatchlings did not respond with any escape or avoidance behaviours when presented... |
| Tipo: Article / Letter to the editor |
Palavras-chave: Megapodiidae; Megapode; Australian brush-turkey; Alectura lathami; Predator recognition; Anti-predator behaviour; 42.83. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/219421 |
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