Egg-spot pattern rather than egg colour affects conspecific egg rejection in the house sparrow (Passer domesticus)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 317-324

  López de Hierro, M Dolores G ^a,c   Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b KONRAD LORENZ INSTITUTE FOR ETHOLOGY   (Austria)

^c NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Conspecific brood parasitism; Egg rejection; House sparrow; Passer domesticus

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; CONSPECIFIC; EGG REJECTION; PASSERINE; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 75549087176     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0811-9     Document Type: Article

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