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Biziura Lobata) of Australia Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses Graduate School 1999 Systematics, Ecology, and Social Biology of the Musk Duck (Biziura Lobata) of Australia. Kevin Grant Mccracken Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses Recommended Citation Mccracken, Kevin Grant, "Systematics, Ecology, and Social Biology of the Musk Duck (Biziura Lobata) of Australia." (1999). LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses. 6896. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_disstheses/6896 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. 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SYSTEMATICS, ECOLOGY, AND SOCIAL BIOLOGY OF THE MUSK DUCK (BIZ1URA LOBATA) OF AUSTRALIA A Dissertation Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in The School of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries by Kevin G. McCracken B.S., University of Notre Dame, 1994 May 1999 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. UMI Number: 9925537 UMI Microform 9925537 Copyright 1999, by UMI Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. UMI 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Ev apxn qv o Xoyoa, icai o Xoyoa qv jtpos xov9eov, K a i 0eoa t iv o Xoyoa. Ouxos qv ev apxn npos xov 6eov. 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Further reproduction prohibited without permission. A cknowledgments I am indebted to four people in particular, my advisors Alan Afton and Fred Sheldon at Louisiana State University, and David Paton and Anthony McGuire in South Australia. Without their sustained guidance and support, this study would not have been possible. Next, I thank my family, my father David, my mother Nancy, and my sister Molly. I credit all my success to their good care and thank them for all that they have given me. I also thank Tony, Phyll, Sam and Heidi Bartram, Jamie and Anthea Cowell, Meredith Griggs, Peter, Jeni, Dana, Lauren and Mitchell Hartley, and Patrick Tremlett for their companionship and accommodation on Kangaroo Island, in Adelaide, and elsewhere. Without their friendship, many more days might have passed unnoticed. Others toward whom I am especially grateful are Melissa Cunningham, Jeff DiMatteo, Mike Gaunt, Jess Hemmings, and Stuart Hicks for their assistance in the field; John Harshman for all his help on chapter two; Mary Bowen, Peter Dunn, Clare Jones, Mike Sorenson, Mike Stine, and Linda Whittingham for their help in the lab; Mike Grogan for his attempt to isolate and characterize the musky odor, Steve Cardiff, Donna Dittmann, and J. V. Remsen for access to museum skins and genetic resources; David McClellan for allowing me to cite work and ideas that have not yet been published; and Brad Livezey for supplying his morphological data set Les Christidis, Baz Hughes, Ali Lubbock, Mike Lubbock, Graham Rowe, and Esther Signer facilitated collection of African, Australian, and Eurasian tissues. Coundess others including Bruce Batt, Stewart Blackhall, Jack and Pat Bourne, Sue Briggs, Piers Brissenden, Geoff and Pat Brooksby, Bob Brua, Stanley Carpenter, Tamra Chapman, Brian Clark, Mary Colwell, James Crocker, Terry Dennis, Steve Donnellen, Peter Dunn, John Eckert, Mary Ehrett, Peter Fullagar, David Geering, Nick Hayward, Paul Johnsgard, Jim Lane, Mike McKelvey, Grant Pearson, Lynn Pedler, Frank Rohwer, Daniel Rowley, Edric Slater, Deb Sleeman, Trent Stehn, Jonathon Stevenson, Wayne and Liz Veitch, Andy Warner, and Graham Wheaton offered their hospitality, assistance, or helpful conversation at one time or another. Alan Afton, Josie Babin, John Bates, Des Callaghan, iii Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. Amy Driskell, Peter FuIIagar, John Harshman, Baz Hughes, William Johnson, Janet Kear, Jeremy Kirchman, Frank McKinney. Richard Olmstead, David Paton, P. J. Perry, J. V. Remsen, Frank Rohwer, Fred Sheldon, and Mark Wesmeat provided valuable comments on one or more parts of the manuscript. Institutional and financial support for this project were provided by the University of Adelaide, South Australia National Parks and Wildlife Service, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, School of Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries, College of Agriculture and Agricultural Center, Louisiana State Board of Regents, NSF/LaSER grant 1992-96-ADP-02, and Sigma Xi. iv Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. T a ble o f C o n ten ts Acknowledgments ...................................................................................................................... iii Abstract.......................................................................................................................................vi Chapter 1. Introduction and Background ................................................................................. 1 Chapter 2. Data Set Incongruence and Correlated Character Evolution: An Example of Functional Convergence in the Hind-Iimbs of Stifftail Diving Ducks Introduction ......................................................................................................4 Materials and Methods ................................................................................... 10 Results..............................................................................................................16 Discussion ....................................................................................................... 39 Chapter 3. Extreme Sexual Size Dimorphism and the Evolution of Promiscuity in Musk Ducks (Biziura lobata) Introduction ....................................................................................................52 Materials and Methods ...................................................................................56 Results..............................................................................................................59 Discussion ....................................................................................................... 67 Chapter 4. Social Behavior and Activity Patterns of Musk Ducks (Biziura lobata): A Comparison of Marine and Coastal Wetland Habitats,
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