“Jack-of-all-trades” egg mimicry in the brood parasitic Horsfield’s bronze-cuckoo?
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Brood parasitism in birds is one of the best examples of coevolutionary interactions in vertebrates. Coevolution between hosts and parasites is assumed to occur because the parasite imposes strong selection pressures on its hosts, reducing their fitness and thereby favouring counter-adaptations (e.g. egg rejection) which, in turn, select for parasite resistance (e.g. egg mimicry). Great spotted...
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عنوان ژورنال: Behavioral Ecology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1465-7279,1045-2249
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru133