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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Egg Rejection"”.
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Signatures and forgeries: optimality in a coevolutionary arms race
… of cisticolid warbler. In response to parasitic egg mimicry, these four hosts have evolved inter-individual variation in egg colours and patterns: so-called egg signatures. Such individual signatures, used to convey identity, are in many ways analogous to human signatures, passwords, and codes. …
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Coevolution between brood-parasitic honeyguides and their hosts
Obligate brood parasites lay their eggs in the nests of other species, foisting the costs of parental care onto the host parents. The success of the parasite and host are then at odds, with both parties evolving defences and countermeasures in an evolutionary arms race. This reciprocal influence of …
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Frontline interactions between avian interspecific brood parasites and their hosts
… that occur prior to the parasite laying its egg in the host nest: the 'frontline' of the arms race. While abundant research of frontline interactions between brood parasites and hosts has been conducted, their relative importance compared to interactions at other stages of the nesting cycle …
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Frontline interactions between avian interspecific brood parasites and their hosts
… that occur prior to the parasite laying its egg in the host nest: the 'frontline' of the arms race. While abundant research of frontline interactions between brood parasites and hosts has been conducted, their relative importance compared to interactions at other stages of the nesting cycle …
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Behavioral characteristics and hormonal mechanisms of egg ejection in the American robin (Turdus migratorius)
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2024-03-01 without embargo terms