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Uncovering Dangerous Cheats: How Do Avian Hosts Recognize Adult Brood Parasites?

BACKGROUND: Co-evolutionary struggles between dangerous enemies (e.g., brood parasites) and their victims (hosts) lead to the emergence of sophisticated adaptations and counter-adaptations. Salient host tricks to reduce parasitism costs include, as front line defence, adult enemy discrimination. In...

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Autores principales: Trnka, Alfréd, Prokop, Pavol, Grim, Tomáš
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356260/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22624031
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037445

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