Recognition Errors and Probability of Parasitism Determine Whether Reed Warblers Should Accept or Reject Mimetic Cuckoo Eggs

Reed warblers sometimes make recognition errors when faced with a mimetic cuckoo egg in their nest and reject one or more of their own eggs rather than the foreign egg. Using the framework of signal detection theory, we analyse responses to model eggs to quantify the costs and benefits of acceptance...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 1996-07, Vol.263 (1372), p.925-931
Hauptverfasser:	Davies, Nicholas Barry, Brooke, M. De L., Kacelnik, Alejandro
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal nesting Arms races Bird nesting Brood parasitism Eggs Evolution Mimicry Population dynamics Signal detection theory Warblers
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