Thicker eggshells are not predicted by host egg ejection behaviour in four species of Australian cuckoo
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-09872-9
Abstract: Defences of hosts against brood parasitic cuckoos include detection and ejection of cuckoo eggs from the nest. Ejection behaviour often involves puncturing the cuckoo egg, which is predicted to drive the evolution of thicker eggshells… read more here.
Keywords: egg ejection; thicker eggshells; ejection; ejection behaviour ... See more keywords