2007/03/01 by Jason Brooks, Dale Rollins · 1 citation
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Environmental Science · #Animal Nutrition and Physiology #Avian ecology and behavior #Biology #Brood #Colinus #Demography #Ecology #Genetic and Environmental Crop Studies #Geography #Population #Quail #Zoology
paper · doi:10.1676/06-040.1
openalex publication_date 2007/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/19
We report the occurrence of gang-brooding (i.e., communal brood-rearing) in a population of Northern Bobwhites (Colinus virginianus) in western Texas. Combinations of adult quail (2 mated pairs, 2 males, and 2 females) were observed with broods on several occasions. During the two-year study (2003–2004), communal broods were documented only in summer 2003.