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Egg temperature and incubation behaviour of the ostrich / W. R. Siegfried; P. G. H. Frost

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Madoqua, Ser. 1, No. 8, 1974; p. 63 - 66Publication details: Windhoek : Nature Conservation and Tourism Branch of the South West Africa Administration, 1974, : John Meinert PrintingDescription: 4 pages : fig., table; 28 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • PER 154 Madoqua
Summary: This paper reports on aspects of the physiology and behaviour of incubation in the Ostrich Struthio camelus. Temperatures of eggs, nests and ambient, in relation to the parent birds' incubation rythms, and provisional estimates of the cost of energy and water to the incubating bird point up functional features of the division of labour between the parents. This paper presents data on aspects of the physiology and behaviour of incubation in the Ostrich
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This paper reports on aspects of the physiology and behaviour of incubation in the Ostrich Struthio camelus. Temperatures of eggs, nests and ambient, in relation to the parent birds' incubation rythms, and provisional estimates of the cost of energy and water to the incubating bird point up functional features of the division of labour between the parents. This paper presents data on aspects of the physiology and behaviour of incubation in the Ostrich

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