Egg Eviction Imposes a Recoverable Cost of Virulence in Chicks of a Brood Parasite

BACKGROUND: Chicks of virulent brood parasitic birds eliminate their nestmates and avoid costly competition for foster parental care. Yet, efforts to evict nest contents by the blind and naked common cuckoo Cuculus canorus hatchling are counterintuitive as both adult parasites and large older cuckoo...

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Autores principales: Anderson, Michael G., Moskát, Csaba, Bán, Miklós, Grim, Tomáš, Cassey, Phillip, Hauber, Mark E.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19907639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007725

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2768821/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19907639
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0007725

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