Naïve hosts of avian brood parasites accept foreign eggs, whereas older hosts fine-tune foreign egg...
Naïve hosts of avian brood parasites accept foreign eggs, whereas older hosts fine-tune foreign egg discrimination during laying
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England: BioMed Central
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BACKGROUND: Many potential hosts of social parasites recognize and reject foreign intruders, and reduce or altogether escape the negative impacts of parasitism. The ontogenetic basis of whether and how avian hosts recognize their own and the brood parasitic eggs remains unclear. By repeatedly parasitizing the same hosts with a consistent parasitic...
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Naïve hosts of avian brood parasites accept foreign eggs, whereas older hosts fine-tune foreign egg discrimination during laying
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4094907
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4094907
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1742-9994
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1742-9994
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10.1186/1742-9994-11-45
