Visual discrimination of polymorphic nestlings in a cuckoo-host system

Mimicry by avian brood parasites favours uniformity over variation within a breeding attempt as host defence against parasitism. In a cuckoo-host system from New Caledonia, the arms race resulted in both host (Gerygone flavolateralis) and parasite (Chalcites lucidus) having nestlings of two discrete...

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Autores principales: Attisano, Alfredo, Sato, Nozomu J., Tanaka, Keita D., Okahisa, Yuji, Kuehn, Ralph, Gula, Roman, Ueda, Keisuke, Theuerkauf, Jörn
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29985476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28710-5

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6037703/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29985476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28710-5

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