THE RED GAPE OF THE NESTLING CUCKOO (CUCULUS CANORUS) IS NOT A SUPERNORMAL STIMULUS FOR THREE COMMON HOSTS

Abstract The bright red gape of the nestling common cuckoo Cuculus canorus has often been supposed to act as a supernormal stimulus to elicit provisioning from its foster parents. Parents of three main host species were tested for their response to their own nestlings with artificially reddened gape...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behaviour 1999, Vol.136 (6), p.759-777
Hauptverfasser:	Noble, D. G., Davies, N. B., Hartley, I. R., S. B. Mc Rae
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal ethology Animal nesting Aves BEGGING Biological and medical sciences Bird nesting Brood parasitism Canaries Chicks Colors CUCKOO HOSTS Cuculus canorus Dyes Food Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology MOUTH COLOUR PARENTAL CARE Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Siblings SUPERNORMAL STIMULUS Vertebrata Warblers
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