Mound-builders
By: Darryl Jones and Ann Göth.
Contributors: Göth, Ann.
Series: Australian natural history series
Publisher: CSIRO Pub.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Collingwood, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 119
ISBN-13: 9780643093454
Subjects: Megapodiidae -- Ecology -- Australia; Megapodiidae -- Habitat -- Australia; Megapodiidae -- Behavior -- Australia; Megapodiidae -- Nests -- Australia; Megapodiidae -- Conservation -- Australia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-116) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Familiar yet distinct; title: 2. Taxonomy, distribution and habitat; title: 3. Appearance and ecology; title: 4. The mound; title: 5. Abandoned eggs; title: 6. Growing up without parental care; title: 7. Social and reproductive behaviour; title: 8. Conservation and management of Australian mound-builders.