Experimental evidence for chick discrimination without recognition in a brood parasite host

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1608, 2007, Pages 373-381

  Grim, Tomáš ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Coevolution; Discrimination; Mechanism; Recognition

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; NESTING SUCCESS; PARASITOID; PARENTAL CARE; PASSERINE; RECOGNITION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BROOD PARASITE; CHICK; COGNITION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOGNITION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS SCIRPACEUS; ANIMALIA; AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SONGBIRDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 39049193577     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3731     Document Type: Article

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