Table 3.
Reproductive behaviors in red-crowned cranes in mid- and post-breeding periods.
Dietary Treatment | Mid-Breeding Period | Post-Breeding Period | |||
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Courtship | Mating | Nesting | Laying and/or Hatching | Laying and/or Hatching | |
Selected diet | 26.0 ± 2.7 a | 12.3 ± 2.5a | 4.3 ± 3.8 a | 822.3 ± 31.9 a | 57.0 ± 4.6 a |
Selected diet + 0.5% montmorillonite | 23.3 ± 5.8 ab | 8.0 ± 2.3 ab | 5.7 ± 2.6 a | 851.7 ± 75.7 a | 72.0 ± 7.0 a |
Regular diet | 11.3 ± 2.0 b | 3.7 ± 0.9 b | 6.3 ± 2.0 a | 789.0 ± 28.7 a | 65.3 ± 4.1a |
Regular diet + 0.5% montmorillonite | 24.0 ± 4.7 ab | 10.7 ± 4.5 a | 2.3 ± 1.5 a | 774.7 ± 67.4 a | 60.7 ± 5.6 a |
a,b Values with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05). Data are mean ± SEM (n = 3/group).