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Adaptations of Brood Parasitic Eggs
2017This chapter deals with adaptations of brood parasitic eggs, which has received a lot of attention by researchers and naturalists for centuries. Both scientists and laymen are intrigued by the sophisticated traits that are enabling parasites to fool or force their hosts into accepting their eggs.
Bård G. Stokke +3 more
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Conspecific Brood Parasitism by the Dickcissel
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 2010Abstract I report the first observation of conspecific brood parasitism in the Dickcissel (Spiza americana). I monitored 302 nests during a study of the interactions between parasitic Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) and Dickcissels. This and a possible second case of conspecific brood parasitism may have resulted from females laying in nests ...
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The evolution of brood parasitism in cuckoos
2005Abstract Although a cuckoo nestling destroys the host eggs and nestlings, the host parents often do not dis criminate against a cuckoo egg and they incubate it with their own eggs. The hosts may lack the genetic variation that would allow evolutionary selection to favor action against cuckoos (Rothstein 1990).
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The calculation of net brood parasitism
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Brood Parasites Are a Heterogeneous and Functionally Distinct Class of Natural Enemies
Trends in Parasitology, 2021Floria M K Uy +2 more
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