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Feather Mites of Obligate Brood Parasites
The Journal of Parasitology, 1983Brood parasites occur in the avian families Cuculidae (cuckoos), Indicatoridae (honeyguides), Plo- ceidae (Old World finches), Icteridae (cowbirds), and Anatidae (ducks). In general each has a feather mite fauna similar to related nonparasitic species.
W. T. Atyeo, J. Gaud
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Brood parasitism: ducks can be cuckoos too
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2000There are several omissions in the recent TREE review article by Winfree1xCuckoos, cowbirds and the persistence of brood parasitism. Winfree, R. Trends Ecol. Evol. 1999; 14: 338–343Abstract | Full Text | Full Text PDF | PubMed | Scopus (52)See all References1.
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An Overview of Brood Parasitism
1997Abstract Laying eggs in the nest of another individual, and allowing or tricking the nest owner to rear such “parasitic” young rather than, or in addition to, its own, is one of the rarest forms of reproduction known. Except for the social insects, in which intraspecific brood parasitism is sometimes well developed (Wilson, 1971), such ...
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Egg recognition and counting reduce costs of avian conspecific brood parasitism
Nature, 2003Bruce E Lyon
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