Sex roles in egg recognition and egg polymorphism in avian brood parasitism

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 397-402

  Liang, Wei ^a   Yang, Canchao ^a,b   Antonov, Anton ^c   Fossøy, Frode ^c   Stokke, Bård G ^c   Moksnes, Arne ^c   Røskaft, Eivin ^c   Shykoff, Jacqui A ^d   Møller, Anders P ^d   Takasu, Fugo ^e  

^a HAINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^e NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

avian brood parasitism; discordance; egg polymorphism; egg recognition; learning and imprinting; template based

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COGNITION; EGG; EGG REJECTION; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LEARNING; POLYMORPHISM; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SELECTION; SEX ROLE;

AVES; CUCULUS CANORUS; PARADOXORNIS;

EID: 84863237168     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr203     Document Type: Article

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