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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Megapodes"”.
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Projected sea level rise and the conservation ecology of the Micronesian Megapode (Megapodius laperouse senex) in Palau, Micronesia
… investigate the vulnerability of 21 species of megapodes to climate change. All species were predicted to experience at least a 2°C increase in mean annual temperature, 12 may experience a moderate or greater fluctuation in rainfall, and 16 would be exposed to rising seas. While the most …
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The historical biogeography of terrestrial gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes)
… that the basal galliform clades, namely the megapodes from Australasia and the cracids from South and Central America, have their origins in the northern hemisphere and have colonised the southern hemisphere more recently. Those in favour of a Northern Hemisphere origin suggest that stem …
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A morphological phylogeny with a taxonomic revision of African species of Goniodes (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera) sensu lato from the Galliformes (Aves)
… back to Galliformes, specifically to megapodes in the Papua-Australasian region. Our results further reveal that although morphologically diagnosable lineages are supported by molecular data, many of the existing genera are not monophyletic and a revision of generic limits is needed.
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Malleefowl and anthropogenic change: an integrated analysis of population trends, landscape genetics and movement ecology
Malleefowl are iconic Australian birds that build large mounds to incubate their eggs using external sources of heat. Malleefowl numbers have drastically decreased since European settlement and they are now a nationally threatened species. Their decline is caused by habitat loss and fragmentation; …