Learned recognition of brood parasitic cuckoos in the superb fairy-wren Malurus cyaneus

Cuckoo hosts defend themselves against parasitism by means of mobbing, egg rejection, and chick rejection. However, each of these defenses is prone to costly recognition errors, and hosts are therefore more likely to deploy these defenses if they observe a cuckoo in the vicinity of their nest. The s...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavioral ecology 2012-07, Vol.23 (4), p.798-805
Hauptverfasser:	Langmore, N. E., Feeney, W. E., Crowe-Riddell, J., Luan, H., Louwrens, K. M., Cockburn, A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Malurus cyaneus
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