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Group territory defence as a form of cooperative breeding in the flightless Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus, an endemic bird of New Caledonia

2011/01/M/NZ8/03344

Keywords:

helpers group territoriality life history territory defense delayed dispersal

Descriptors:

  • NZ8_3: Animal behaviour
  • NZ8_2: Ecology

Panel:

NZ8 - Evolutionary and environmental biology: evolution, ecology, population biology, biodiversity, biogeography

Host institution :

Muzeum i Instytut Zoologii PAN

woj. mazowieckie

Other projects carried out by the institution 

Principal investigator (from the host institution):

dr hab. Roman Gula 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 4

Call: HARMONIA 1 - announced on 2011-03-15

Amount awarded: 286 750 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2011-12-16

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2013-12-15

Project duration:: 24 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (4)
  • Articles in post-conference publications (3)
  1. Elevated concentrations of naturally occurring heavy metals inversely correlate with reproductive output and body mass of the Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus
    Authors:
    JÖRN THEUERKAUF, TOKUSHI HANEDA, YUJI OKAHISA, NOZOMU J. SATO, SOPHIE ROUYS , HENRI BLOC, KEISUKE UEDA, IZUMI WATANABE, RALPH KUEHN, ROMAN GULA
    Academic press:
    Ibis (rok: 2017, tom: 159, strony: 580-587), Wydawca: British Ornithologists' Union
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1111/ibi.12474 - link to the publication
  2. Naturally high heavy metal concentrations in feathers of the flightless Kagu Rhynochetos jubatus
    Authors:
    JORN THEUERKAUF, TOKUSHI HANEDA, NOZOMU J. SATO, KEISUKE UEDA, RALPH KUEHN, ROMAN GULA1 & IZUMI WATANABE
    Academic press:
    IBIS (rok: 2015, tom: 157, strony: 177-180), Wydawca: British Ornithologists' Union
    Status:
    Published
  3. Indirect evidence for body size reduction in a flightless island bird after human colonisation
    Authors:
    Jörn Theuerkauf & Roman Gula
    Academic press:
    Journal of Ornithology (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: Springer
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1007/s10336-018-1545-0 - link to the publication
  4. Fraternal polyandry and clannish spatial organisation in a flightless island bird
    Authors:
    J. Theuerkauf*, R. Kuehn, S. Rouys, H. Bloc & R. Gula*
    Academic press:
    Current Biology (rok: 2018, ), Wydawca: Cell Press
    Status:
    Accepted for publication
  1. Unexpected social interactions in the flightless Kagu of New Caledonia
    Authors:
    R. Gula, R. Kühn and J. Theuerkauf
    Conference:
    IV Polish Evolutionary Conference 2016 (rok: 2016, ), Wydawca: Uniwersytet w Białymstoku
    Data:
    konferencja 25-27 września
    Status:
    Published
  2. Social organization in the flightless Kagu, a bird endemic to New Caledonia
    Authors:
    R. Gula, R. Kuehn i J. Theuerkauf
    Conference:
    26th International Ornithological Congress, Tokyo (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: Rikkyo University, Tokyo, Japan
    Data:
    konferencja 18-24 sierpień, 2014
    Status:
    Published
  3. Research on reproductive success of wild kagus in New Caledonia Implications for conservation
    Authors:
    J. Theuerkauf, H. Bloc and R. Gula
    Conference:
    2nd conference of the Society for Ecological Restoration Australasia (rok: 2014, ), Wydawca: SERA
    Data:
    konferencja 17-21 Listopad 2014
    Status:
    Published