A review of the cues used for rejecting foreign eggs from the nest by the Eurasian blackbird (Turdus merula)
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8886
Abstract: Abstract Avian brood parasitism is reproductively costly for hosts and selects for cognitive features enabling anti‐parasitic resistance at multiple stages of the host's breeding cycle. The true thrushes (genus Turdus) represent a nearly worldwide clade… read more here.
Keywords: blackbird turdus; eurasian blackbird; eggs nest; turdus merula ... See more keywords
Mimicry-dependent lateralization in the visual inspection of foreign eggs by American robins
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DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2019.0351
Abstract: Brain lateralization, or the specialization of function in the left versus right brain hemispheres, has been found in a variety of lineages in contexts ranging from foraging to social and sexual behaviours, including the recognition… read more here.
Keywords: foreign eggs; lateralization; recognition; model eggs ... See more keywords