The sight of an adult brood parasite near the nest is an insufficient cue for a honeyguide host to reject foreign eggs

Hosts of brood-parasitic birds typically evolve anti-parasitism defences, including mobbing of parasitic intruders at the nest and the ability to recognize and reject foreign eggs from their clutches. The Greater Honeyguide Indicator indicator is a virulent brood parasite that punctures host eggs an...

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Autores principales: Tong, Wenfei, Horrocks, Nicholas P C, Spottiswoode, Claire N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2015
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Short Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26300559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12254

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4540150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26300559
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12254

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