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Nest desertion as an anti-parasitism strategy in hosts selects for late egg-laying behavior in cuckoos

Studies have shown that brood parasites lay their eggs early in the egg-laying sequence of their hosts, providing them with the advantage of earlier hatching. However, common cuckoos (Cuculus canorus) appear to parasitize the nests of gray bushchat (Saxicola ferreus) during the late egg-laying stage...

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Autores principales: Zhong, Guo, Wan, Guixia, Zhang, Yuhan, Zhao, Huahua, Wang, Longwu, Liang, Wei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10641250/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37965152
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.108156