Brood parasites lay eggs matching the appearance of host clutches

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 281, Issue 1774, 2013, Pages

  Honza, Marcel ^a   Šulc, Michal ^a,b   Jelínek, Václav ^a   Požgayová, Milica ^a   Procházka, Petr ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brood parasitism; Cuckoo; Egg coloration; Egg mimicry; Great reed warbler

Indexed keywords

ARMS RACE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COEVOLUTION; COLOR; EGG PRODUCTION; EGGSHELL; HOST SELECTION; MIMICRY; NATURAL SELECTION; SITE SELECTION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROOD PARASITISM; COLOR; CUCKOO; EGG COLORATION; EGG MIMICRY; EGG SHELL; GREAT REED WARBLER; HISTOLOGY; NESTING; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION;

BROOD PARASITISM; CUCKOO; EGG COLORATION; EGG MIMICRY; GREAT REED WARBLER;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMALS; BIRDS; COLOR; EGG SHELL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; OVUM; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 84899087704     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.2665     Document Type: Article

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