Name - Mesitornis variegata

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urn:lsid:organismnames.com:name:517468 [metadata]

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Recent Publications

• Conservation status and regional population estimates of the white-breasted mesite Mesitornis variegata, a rare Malagasy endemic.
• Characterization of 10 polymorphic microsatellite loci for White-breasted mesites (Mesitornis variegata).
• Delayed juvenile dispersal and monogamy, but no cooperative breeding in white-breasted mesites (Mesitornis variegata).
• Slow development of foraging skills and parental costs of family-living in a semi-precocial, non-cooperatively breeding bird.
• Always together: mate guarding or predator avoidance as determinants of group cohesion in white-breasted mesites?

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