Pecking but Accepting the Parasitic Eggs may not Reflect Ejection Failure: The Role of Motivation

Ethology

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 662-672

  Soler, Manuel ^a,b   Fernández Morante, Jacob ^a   Espinosa, Francisco ^a   Martín Vivaldi, Manuel ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; EGG REJECTION; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; RECOGNITION; VIDEOGRAPHY;

CERCOTRICHAS GALACTOTES; CUCULUS CANORUS; PASSER DOMESTICUS;

EID: 84862265764     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: 14390310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2012.02058.x     Document Type: Article

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