Conditional response by hosts to parasitic eggs: The extreme case of the rufous-tailed scrub robin

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 421-426

  Soler, M ^a,b   Martin Vivaldi M ^a,b   Fernandez Morante J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cercotrichas galactotes; Cuckoo; Cuculus canorus; Egg discrimination; Nest defence; Phenotypic plasticity; Rejection rate; Rufous tailed scrub robin

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CONDITIONING; DEFENSE BEHAVIOR; EGG; EGG REJECTION; FITNESS; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; PARASITISM; RECOGNITION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ANIMALIA; CERCOTRICHAS GALACTOTES; CUCULIDAE; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 84864149533     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.05.016     Document Type: Article

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