The seasons in a tropical rain‐forest (New Hebrides). Part 5. Birds (Pachycephala).
作者:
John R. Baker,
A. J. Marshall,
T. H. Harrison,
期刊:
Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology
(WILEY Available online 1940)
卷期:
Volume 41,
issue 276
页码: 50-70
ISSN:0368-2935
年代: 1940
DOI:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1940.tb02372.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
SUMMARY.1 In the remarkably unvarying tropical climate of the northern New Hebrides (Pacific Ocean), the Passerine birdPachycephala pectoralisis as seasonal in its reproduction as are the birds of temperate climates.2 In the breeding‐season the mean weight of the testes of adults rises to over forty times as much as in the non‐breeding season.3 The growth of the testes and the start of the egg‐season occur while the days are shortening.4 There is no seasonal change in diet.5 Moulting takes place after the end of the egg‐season.6 The environmental change controlling the breeding‐season is not known.7 The egg‐season ofPachycephala, spp. in the tropics of Australia comes at quite a different season of the year from that of P.pectoralisin approximately the same lat
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