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Nest defenses and egg recognition of yellow-bellied prinia against cuckoo parasitism.
Die Naturwissenschaften - 1 Sept 2014
Yang Canchao, Wang Longwu, Cheng Shun-Jen, Hsu Yu-Cheng, Liang Wei, Møller Anders Pape
Abstract excerpt
Parasites may, in multi-parasite systems, block the defenses of their hosts and thus thwart host recognition of parasites by frequency-dependent selection. Nest defenses as frontline may block or promote the subsequent stage of defenses such as egg recognition. We conducted comparative studies of the defensive strategies of a host of the Oriental cuckoo Cuculus optatus, the yellow-bellied prinia Prinia...
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