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Who moved my eggs? An experimental test of the egg arrangement hypothesis for the rejection of brood parasitic eggs

Avian brood parasitism is an exceptional reproductive strategy whereby parasites reduce their own costs associated with parental care and impose them on the host parents. Consequently, host species have evolved multiple defensive mechanisms to combat parasitism. The vast majority of research attenti...

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Autores principales: Hanley, Daniel, Samaš, Peter, Hauber, Mark E., Grim, Tomáš
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4674666/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25194716
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10071-014-0800-x