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breeding was directly linked to low rainfall during the egg laying period from
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Life Cycle Tactics and Development
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Fig.S.6a,b. Life cycle development of the diplopod A.t. judaicus in a mesic (Megiddo) and
b xeric (Brosh) Israeli habitats. (Bercovitz and Warburg 1985)
breeding was directly linked to low rainfall during the egg laying period from
April to July. Litter consumption and production of faeces, from which egg
capsules are made, depend closely on litter water content (Bertrand et al.
1987). In any case, distribution over the time of reproductive effort coupled
with a clutch size depending on climatic variables results in a life cycle complying with the predictable interannual periodicity of the temperaturehumidity complex.