The role of blunt egg pole characteristics for recognition of eggs in the song thrush (Turdus philomelos)

Behaviour

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 465-478

  Polačiková, Lenka ^a,b   Stokke, Bård G ^c   Procházka, Petr ^b   Honza, Marcel ^b   Moksnes, Arne ^c   Røskaft, Eivin ^c  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Egg discrimination; Eggshell characteristics; Recognition cues; Rejection behaviour

Indexed keywords

AVES; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 77949559151     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/000579509X12584427339575     Document Type: Article

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