Abstract
The home range of malleefowl in low-rainfall Murray mallee was approximately 4 km2, but home
ranges of birds from different mounds overlapped to a considerable degree, resulting in an overall
breeding density of 1.1 pairs per square kilometre. Mean clutch size (�95% CI) was 13.8 � 4.1,
mean egg mass (�95% CI) 168�2 g; and 79.2% of eggs hatched successfully. No eggs were taken
by foxes, but four out of six radio-tagged adults were eaten by foxes. These results differ from those
of Frith, who studied malleefowl in high-rainfall mallee near Griffith, N.S.W. I suggest that differences
in bird density and fecundity are related to vegetation differences, and that the difference in egg predation
is related to differences in the way tkie incubation mounds at the two sites were maintained.
Subject
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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