Egg recognition and nestling discrimination in the Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus): Size matters

Most studies exploring abilities of hosts to detect brood parasitism are based on detecting colour and/or pattern differences among parasitic and host eggs or nestlings, while only few were focused on size differences. True recognition and recognition by discordancy are used to explain cognitive mec...

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Main Authors: Jinmei Liu, Fangfang Zhang, Yuran Liu, Wei Liang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2023-01-01
Series:Avian Research
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2053716623000373