of precocious but nidicolous species include many gulls and terns. Precociality and altriciality Parental investment "nidifugous". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary... 4 KB (411 words) - 08:06, 28 November 2023 |
a child Kin selection Mate desertion Parental care in birds Precociality and altriciality r/K selection theory Clutton-Brock, T.H. 1991. The Evolution... 64 KB (8,200 words) - 16:01, 24 April 2024 |
fit into either the precocial or altricial category, having some aspects of each and thus fall somewhere on an altricial-precocial spectrum. A defined... 278 KB (30,388 words) - 10:50, 30 April 2024 |
Megapode (section Distribution and habitat) of extreme precociality (Elzanowski, 1981; Zhou and Zhang, 2004; Xing et al., 2017)." Starck, J.M. & Ricklefs, R.E. (1998). Avian Growth and Development:... 18 KB (1,669 words) - 00:57, 10 March 2024 |
gestation period. Altricial mammals needs less time to gestate compare to the precocial (well-developed neonate) mammal. A typical precocial mammal has a gestation... 30 KB (998 words) - 15:31, 20 November 2023 |
with altricial young, he proposed that optimal clutch size was determined by the number of young a parent could feed until fledgling. In precocial birds... 4 KB (493 words) - 00:15, 3 April 2023 |
with precocial and altricial young. In species with precocial young, distraction display is most frequent just after hatching, while in altricial young... 26 KB (3,116 words) - 11:56, 13 January 2024 |
Bird (section Evolution and classification) altricial, and tend to be born small, blind, immobile and naked; chicks that are mobile and feathered upon hatching are termed precocial. Altricial chicks... 233 KB (23,348 words) - 14:22, 29 April 2024 |
Leporidae (redirect from Rabbits and Hares) (called leverets) are born precocial (eyes and ears open, fully furred), while young rabbits (called kits) are born altricial (eyes and ears closed, no fur)... 16 KB (1,542 words) - 14:03, 10 March 2024 |
hatching or birth and becoming capable of flight. This term is most frequently applied to birds, but is also used for bats. For altricial birds, those that... 4 KB (412 words) - 21:00, 28 July 2023 |
Theropoda (section Diet and teeth) non-avian theropods (100–1000 kg) approximated those of precocial birds, which are much slower than altricial birds. Large theropods (1500–3500 kg) grew even... 58 KB (6,304 words) - 18:58, 26 March 2024 |
Zebra finch (section General and cited references) from that of a chicken, a precocial bird, because a Zebra Finch is an altricial bird that has different stages of growth and a shorter incubation time... 11 KB (1,075 words) - 04:29, 18 March 2024 |
Peter T.; Pontzer, Herman (2012-09-18). "Metabolic hypothesis for human altriciality". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (38): 15212–15216... 41 KB (4,981 words) - 02:43, 17 March 2024 |
physiology generally, including not only metabolic systems and thermoregulation, but on respiratory and cardiovascular systems as well. During the early years... 112 KB (13,178 words) - 20:23, 23 April 2024 |
Lagomorpha (section Taxonomy and evolutionary history) gestation period of the pika is around one month long, and the newborns are altricial (eyes and ears closed, no fur). The social behaviour of the two groups... 25 KB (2,598 words) - 14:22, 18 April 2024 |
Fetus (section Legal and social issues) among animals, and even among mammals. Altricial species are relatively helpless at birth and require considerable parental care and protection. In contrast... 35 KB (3,706 words) - 20:20, 15 April 2024 |
Hare (section In mythology and folklore) and with eyes open. They are hence precocial, able to fend for themselves soon after birth. By contrast, rabbits are altricial, being born blind and hairless... 27 KB (2,937 words) - 07:07, 12 April 2024 |
Marsupial (section Skull and teeth) Marsupials are extremely altricial animals, needing to be intensely cared for immediately following birth (cf. precocial). Newborn marsupials lack histologically... 73 KB (7,557 words) - 15:10, 23 April 2024 |
Foal (category Horse breeding and studs) most predators which are altricial (born helpless), horses are precocial, meaning they come into the world relatively mature and mobile. Healthy foals can... 9 KB (1,281 words) - 10:56, 10 October 2023 |
Down feather (section Description and etymology) in their early development. Precocial nestlings are already covered with a layer of down when they hatch, while altricial nestlings develop their down... 26 KB (2,916 words) - 16:25, 12 February 2024 |
Wood thrush (section Distribution and habitat) Retrieved 17 May 2007. Paul R. Ehrlich; David S. Dobkin & Darryl Wheye. "Precocial and Atricial". Retrieved 6 May 2007. Wikimedia Commons has media related... 24 KB (2,725 words) - 04:44, 4 January 2024 |
Neuroscience of sleep (redirect from Sleep and Aging) greatly in the first few weeks of development and some studies have correlated this to the degree of precociality of the child. Within a few months of postnatal... 123 KB (15,675 words) - 09:02, 19 April 2024 |
Bird anatomy (section Herbst corpuscles and lore) food and protection. Precocial birds can care for themselves independently within minutes of hatching; altricial hatchlings are helpless, blind, and naked... 80 KB (9,413 words) - 20:12, 29 April 2024 |
Rhamphorhynchus (section History and classification) Rhamphorhynchus could fly soon after hatching, supporting the theory of precociality in the species. It has also been suggested that juveniles may have occupied... 33 KB (3,276 words) - 20:22, 29 April 2024 |
White-winged dove (section Taxonomy and systematics) white-winged doves invest more energy in feeding altricial young instead of laying large eggs that would enable precocial young. Males attend to the nest for the... 33 KB (4,162 words) - 02:42, 1 April 2024 |