Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors
Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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English
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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag
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In cuckoo-host coevolution, rejection of parasite eggs based on visual discrimination is the key host-defensive mechanism reducing the costs of parasitism. Although host discriminatory tasks often occur in variable environmental conditions, the influence of nest light variation on the perceptual processes involved in egg discrimination has been sel...
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Ambient light in domed nests and discrimination of foreign egg colors
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1652480532
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_1652480532
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0340-5443
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1432-0762
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10.1007/s00265-014-1855-z
