brood是什么意思

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• The number of a male's females is limited and males do assist them in rearing their broods.

• From 8 broods started with single females, 5 developed normally and gave 71 sandflies and 36 larvae hibernated.

• Apart from the series of broods described above, two more series were put up.

• The chicks are fully grown after about 3 months, when broods begin to break up.

• Using the same criteria as for experimental broods, 13 and 6 pairs of control broods were available for analysis in 1993 and 1994, respectively.

• Apparent aggregation among random individuals in random broods fell 8-fold when spatial and temporal effects had been accounted for.

• However, 4 of 9 broods oviposited by such ovaries were noticeably smaller than normal clutches for an uninfected female of a similar size.

• Locations where broods were caught were an approximate indication only of where chicks might have picked up their ticks.