Conflict between egg recognition and egg rejection decisions in common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) hosts

Animal Cognition

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 377-386

  Moskát, Csaba ^a   Hauber, Márk E ^b  

^a Institute and Museum of Military History Budapest   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Decision making; Egg discrimination; Learning; Recognition system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; EGG; NESTING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; EGGS; LINEAR MODELS; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS; PASSERI;

EID: 34548335375     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-007-0071-x     Document Type: Article

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