Size and material of model parasitic eggs affect the rejection response of Western Bonelli's Warbler : Phylloscopus bonelli
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DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12431
Abstract: Given the high costs of brood parasitism, avian hosts have adopted different defences to counteract parasites by ejecting the foreign egg or by deserting the parasitized nest. These responses depend mainly on the relative size… read more here.
Keywords: nest desertion; desertion; rejection; egg ... See more keywords