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Differential predation by mammals and birds: implications for egg-colour polymorphism in a nomadic breeding seabird

2002-02-01

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Selection for crypsis in varying environments has long been established as the main evolutionary force promoting the huge variation in avian egg coloration. In several avian species, variation in egg coloration exists, but available information available on the relative success of these different colour morphs against predation is scarce. We investigated the value of eggshell coloration against mammal and avian pr...

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Literature Corpus work: 8ac1142d-4310-5c9b-b102-622b8aad6e68
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2002.tb01418.x

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