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Inter-Individual Variation in Anti-Parasitic Egg Rejection Behavior: A Test of the Maternal Investment Hypothesis

Hosts of avian brood parasites may reduce or forego the costs of caring for foreign young by rejecting parasitic eggs from the nest. Yet, many host species accept parasitic eggs and, even among rejecter species, some individuals go on to incubate and hatch them. The factors explaining the variation...

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Autores principales: Hauber, M E, Abolins-Abols, M, Kim, C R, Paitz, R T
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7671127/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33791557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa014