Ultraviolet and green parts of the colour spectrum affect egg rejection in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 92, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-276

  Honza, Marcel ^a   Polačiková, Lenka ^a,b   Procházka, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cuckoo; Egg appearance; Evolution of mimicry; Reflectance spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MIMICRY; PIGMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AVES; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 34548733634     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00848.x     Document Type: Article

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