Blunt egg pole holds cues for alien egg discrimination: Experimental evidence

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-116

  Polacikova L ^a   Grim, T ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; COLOR; EGGSHELL; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; PARASITISM; RECOGNITION; SONGBIRD;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; AVES; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 77953337601     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.04983.x     Document Type: Article

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