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Megapodiidae

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2016
2016
Osteology Supports a Stem-Galliform Affinity for the Giant Extinct Flightless Bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Sylviornithidae, Galloanseres)
The giant flightless bird Sylviornis neocaledoniae (Aves: Sylviornithidae) existed on La Grande Terre and Ile des Pins, New… 
2014
2014
Incubator birds: biogeographical origins and evolution of underground nesting in megapodes (Galliformes: Megapodiidae)
Unique amongst birds, megapodes (family Megapodiidae) have exchanged the strategy of incubating eggs with the warmth of their… 
2008
2008
Systematics of the fossil Australian giant megapodes Progura (Aves: Megapodiidae)
Australia’s largest megapode was Progura gallinacea De Vis, 1888, from Plio-Pleistocene deposits in southeastern Queensland. A… 
2006
2006
Behaviour of Australian brush-turkey (Alectura lathami, galliformes: Megapodiidae) chicks following underground hatching
  • Ann Goth
  • Journal für Ornithologie
  • 2006
  • Corpus ID: 44007241
Megapode chicks hatch underground at a depth of between 40 and 150 cm, where external heat sources incubate the eggs. They dig… 
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2002
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2002
A phylogeny of the megapodes (Aves: Megapodiidae) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences.
1999
1999
Phylogenetic relationships of the Megapodiidae as indicated by their ischnoceran, in particular goniodid, chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera)
Inter- and intrafamilial relationships among the Megapodiidae are presented and discussed based on their host-specific chewing… 
1993
1993
Energetics of mound-tending behaviour in the malleefowl, Leipoa ocellata (Megapodiidae)
Abstract Abstract. Malleefowl artificially incubate their eggs in mounds containing decaying vegetation. The effort involved in… 
1980
1980
The Significance of the Distribution of the Megapodiidae
An analysis of the zoogeography of the Megapodiidae and Phasianidae shows these families to have a mutually exclusive and… 
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1972
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1972
Prehatching and hatching behaviour in birds: a comparative study of altricial and precocial species.
1944
1944
A Systematic Study of the Main Arteries in the Region of the Heart Aves XIX : Apodiformes, Part 1
INTRODUCTION Recently the writer has discussed the arrangement of the arteries in the region of the heart of birds (3, 5, 6), the… 
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