Simultaneous viewing of own and parasitic eggs is not required for egg rejection by a cuckoo host

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1014-1021

  Bán, Miklós ^a   Moskát, Csaba ^b,c   Barta, Zoltán ^a   Hauber, Márk E ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

brood parasitism; egg recognition; egg rejection; multiple parasitism; phenotype matching; recognition template.

Indexed keywords

BROOD PARASITISM; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; EGG REJECTION; PHENOTYPE; RECOGNITION; SOCIAL PARASITISM; SONGBIRD;

ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS; CUCULUS CANORUS;

EID: 84879081537     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art004     Document Type: Article

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