Egg arrangement in avian clutches covaries with the rejection of foreign eggs

Animal Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 819-828

  Polačiková, Lenka ^a,b,c   Takasu, Fugo ^b,d   Stokke, Bård G ^b,e   Moksnes, Arne ^b,e   Røskaft, Eivin ^b,e   Cassey, Phillip ^f   Hauber, Mark E ^g,h   Grim, Tomáš ^a  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b CENTRE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Czech Republic)

^d NARA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^g CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^h VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Anti parasite defences; Brood parasitism; Egg arrangement; Foreign egg recognition

Indexed keywords

AVES; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLUTCH SIZE; EGG; FEMALE; NESTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECOGNITION;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CLUTCH SIZE; EGGS; FEMALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84882898239     PISSN: 14359448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10071-013-0615-1     Document Type: Article

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