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Color plumage polymorphism and predator mimicry in brood parasites
BACKGROUND: Plumage polymorphism may evolve during coevolution between brood parasites and their hosts if rare morph(s), by contravening host search image, evade host recognition systems better than common variant(s). Females of the parasitic common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) are a classic example of...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2013
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658874/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23663311 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1742-9994-10-25 |