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The common cuckoo Cuculus canorus is not locally adapted to its reed warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus host.
Journal of evolutionary biology - 1 Feb 2011
Avilés J M, Vikan J R, Fossøy F, Antonov A, Moksnes A, Røskaft E, Shykoff J A, Møller A P, Jensen H, Procházka P, Stokke B G
Abstract excerpt
The obligate avian brood parasitic common cuckoo Cuculus canorus comprises different strains of females that specialize on particular host species by laying eggs of a constant type that often mimics those of the host. Whether cuckoos are locally adapted for mimicking populations of the hosts on which they are specialized has never been investigated. In this study, we first explored the possibility of local...
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